Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
This paper analyses the effect of a set of irrigation rehabilitation projects conducted over the last 10 years in Peru. The projects were conducted without the aim or the tools for a full-fledged impact evaluation. Nevertheless, this paper attempts an evaluation through the use of alternative data s...
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okr-10986-56262021-04-23T14:02:23Z Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru Del Carpio, Ximena V. Loayza, Norman Datar, Gayatri Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Project Analysis O220 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 This paper analyses the effect of a set of irrigation rehabilitation projects conducted over the last 10 years in Peru. The projects were conducted without the aim or the tools for a full-fledged impact evaluation. Nevertheless, this paper attempts an evaluation through the use of alternative data sources such as household surveys and geographic information, a strategy of identification of beneficiaries and control households based on spatial proximity to the projects' sites, and an econometric approach consisting of a double-differencing technique. The empirical analysis is guided and interpreted with the help of a theoretical model that considers the effects of an irrigation project on the distribution of production, employment and income for different types of landowners. The paper concludes that the irrigation projects implemented in Peru had a positive impact on intended beneficiary households, but not in the way it could have been simplistically expected. The project did benefit the poor but not by increasing production in their own small plots but by providing them with better employment opportunities in larger farms. 2012-03-30T07:33:44Z 2012-03-30T07:33:44Z 2011 Journal Article Journal of Agricultural Economics 0021857X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5626 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Peru |
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Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Project Analysis O220 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Del Carpio, Ximena V. Loayza, Norman Datar, Gayatri Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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This paper analyses the effect of a set of irrigation rehabilitation projects conducted over the last 10 years in Peru. The projects were conducted without the aim or the tools for a full-fledged impact evaluation. Nevertheless, this paper attempts an evaluation through the use of alternative data sources such as household surveys and geographic information, a strategy of identification of beneficiaries and control households based on spatial proximity to the projects' sites, and an econometric approach consisting of a double-differencing technique. The empirical analysis is guided and interpreted with the help of a theoretical model that considers the effects of an irrigation project on the distribution of production, employment and income for different types of landowners. The paper concludes that the irrigation projects implemented in Peru had a positive impact on intended beneficiary households, but not in the way it could have been simplistically expected. The project did benefit the poor but not by increasing production in their own small plots but by providing them with better employment opportunities in larger farms. |
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Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru |
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is irrigation rehabilitation good for poor farmers? an impact evaluation of a non-experimental irrigation project in peru |
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