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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Main Authors: Del Carpio, Ximena V., Loayza, Norman, Datar, Gayatri
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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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description 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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author Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Loayza, Norman
Datar, Gayatri
author_facet Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Loayza, Norman
Datar, Gayatri
author_sort Del Carpio, Ximena V.
title Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
title_short Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
title_full Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
title_fullStr Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
title_full_unstemmed Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
title_sort is irrigation rehabilitation good for poor farmers? an impact evaluation of a non-experimental irrigation project in peru
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