Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural production and economic welfare of farmers in rural Peru resulting from a large irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. The analysis uses a ten-year district panel and a spatial regression disc...

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Main Authors:	Datar, Gayatri, Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BEANS BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMERCIALIZATION CONFLICT COTTON COUNTERFACTUAL CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP SCIENCE CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING PATTERNS CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EXPORT CROPS FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMING FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAINS HARVESTS HECTARES OF LAND HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IFPRI IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIAL CROPS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL RESOURCES ORANGES POOR POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POLICY POTATOES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCE REGIONAL LEVELS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOIL QUALITY SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS TARGETING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CATCHMENT WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS YIELDS
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spelling	okr-10986-43472021-04-23T14:02:17Z Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru? Datar, Gayatri Del Carpio, Ximena V. ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BEANS BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMERCIALIZATION CONFLICT COTTON COUNTERFACTUAL CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP SCIENCE CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING PATTERNS CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EXPORT CROPS FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMING FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAINS HARVESTS HECTARES OF LAND HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IFPRI IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIAL CROPS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL RESOURCES ORANGES POOR POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POLICY POTATOES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCE REGIONAL LEVELS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOIL QUALITY SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS TARGETING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CATCHMENT WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS YIELDS This paper analyzes changes in agricultural production and economic welfare of farmers in rural Peru resulting from a large irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. The analysis uses a ten-year district panel and a spatial regression discontinuity approach to measure the causal effect of the intervention. While general impacts are modest, the analysis shows that the project is progressive--poor farmers consistently benefit more than non-poor farmers. Farmers living in districts with a rehabilitated irrigation site experience positive labor dynamics, in terms of income and agricultural jobs. Poor farmers increase their total income by more than $220 per year compared with the control group, while rich farmers do not experience such an income gain. The results also show crop specialization patterns in the economic status of farm households; poorer farm households increase their production of staple crops, such as beans and potatoes, while non-poor beneficiary farmers cultivate more industrial crops. Findings from this evaluation have important implications for pro-poor policy design in the agricultural sector. 2012-03-19T19:14:30Z 2012-03-19T19:14:30Z 2009-12-09 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091214134800 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4347 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5154,Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 42 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean South America America Peru
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topic	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BEANS BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMERCIALIZATION CONFLICT COTTON COUNTERFACTUAL CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP SCIENCE CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING PATTERNS CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EXPORT CROPS FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMING FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAINS HARVESTS HECTARES OF LAND HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IFPRI IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIAL CROPS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL RESOURCES ORANGES POOR POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POLICY POTATOES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCE REGIONAL LEVELS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOIL QUALITY SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS TARGETING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CATCHMENT WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS YIELDS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BEANS BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COASTAL REGION COASTAL REGIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMERCIALIZATION CONFLICT COTTON COUNTERFACTUAL CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP SCIENCE CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING PATTERNS CROPS CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EXPORT CROPS FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMING FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAINS HARVESTS HECTARES OF LAND HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IFPRI IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIAL CROPS INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL RESOURCES ORANGES POOR POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POLICY POTATOES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCE REGIONAL LEVELS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOIL QUALITY SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS TARGETING VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CATCHMENT WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS YIELDS Datar, Gayatri Del Carpio, Ximena V. Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean South America America Peru
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5154,Impact Evaluation series ; no. IE 42
description	This paper analyzes changes in agricultural production and economic welfare of farmers in rural Peru resulting from a large irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. The analysis uses a ten-year district panel and a spatial regression discontinuity approach to measure the causal effect of the intervention. While general impacts are modest, the analysis shows that the project is progressive--poor farmers consistently benefit more than non-poor farmers. Farmers living in districts with a rehabilitated irrigation site experience positive labor dynamics, in terms of income and agricultural jobs. Poor farmers increase their total income by more than $220 per year compared with the control group, while rich farmers do not experience such an income gain. The results also show crop specialization patterns in the economic status of farm households; poorer farm households increase their production of staple crops, such as beans and potatoes, while non-poor beneficiary farmers cultivate more industrial crops. Findings from this evaluation have important implications for pro-poor policy design in the agricultural sector.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Datar, Gayatri Del Carpio, Ximena V.
author_facet	Datar, Gayatri Del Carpio, Ximena V.
author_sort	Datar, Gayatri
title	Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
title_short	Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
title_full	Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
title_fullStr	Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
title_full_unstemmed	Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?
title_sort	are irrigation rehabilitation projects good for poor farmers in peru?
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091214134800 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4347
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