Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka

The success of development programs, including water resource projects, depends on two key factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from other closely related programs. Existing methodologies have limitations in account...

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Main Authors: Saleth, R. Maria, Dinar, Ariel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8973682/quantifying-institutional-impacts-development-synergies-water-resource-programs-methodology-application-kala-oya-basin-sri-lanka
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spelling okr-10986-63952021-04-23T14:02:31Z Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka Saleth, R. Maria Dinar, Ariel ACCESS TO GOODS AGRICULTURE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BENCHMARK BIOMASS CEREALS CLIMATIC CHANGE COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONTINGENT VALUATION CORRELATION MATRIX CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INCOME CROP RESIDUES CUSTOM CUSTOMS DAIRY DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMAINS DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMICS LITERATURE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXTERNALITIES FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM INCOME FARM SECTOR FARM SIZE FARMERS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD DEMAND FOOD INSECURITY FOOD OUTPUT FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FRUIT FUNCTIONAL FORMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLITERACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LANDLESS FARM WORKERS LANDLESS WORKERS MARKETING PACKAGING PADDY POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE PRICE LEVELS PROCUREMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS RAINFALL RESULT RESULTS ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL INCOME RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL LABOR RURAL WORKERS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE APPLICATION SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION STRAW TARGETING TARGETS TRADE POLICY TRANSLATION TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSIONS USER UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGE RATES WAGES WATER USE WEB WFP The success of development programs, including water resource projects, depends on two key factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from other closely related programs. Existing methodologies have limitations in accounting for these critical factors. This paper fills this gap by developing a methodology, which quantifies both the roles that institutions play in impact generation and the extent of impact synergies that flows from closely related programs within a unified framework. The methodology is applied to the Kala Oya Basin in Sri Lanka in order to evaluate the impacts of three water-related programs and the roles of 11 institutions in the context of food security. The results provide considerable insights on the relative role of institutions and the flow of development synergies both within and across different impact pathways. The methodology can also be used to locate slack in impact chains and identify policy options to enhance the impact flows. 2012-05-24T21:44:11Z 2012-05-24T21:44:11Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8973682/quantifying-institutional-impacts-development-synergies-water-resource-programs-methodology-application-kala-oya-basin-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6395 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4498 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic ACCESS TO GOODS
AGRICULTURE
AVAILABILITY OF DATA
BENCHMARK
BIOMASS
CEREALS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COMMERCIAL CROPS
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
CONTINGENT VALUATION
CORRELATION MATRIX
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP INCOME
CROP RESIDUES
CUSTOM
CUSTOMS
DAIRY
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMAINS
DONOR AGENCIES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUATIONS
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTERNALITIES
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM INCOME
FARM SECTOR
FARM SIZE
FARMERS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROP
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD OUTPUT
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLY
FRUIT
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
ILLITERACY
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INSTITUTION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LANDLESS FARM WORKERS
LANDLESS WORKERS
MARKETING
PACKAGING
PADDY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
PRICE LEVELS
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
RAINFALL
RESULT
RESULTS
ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS
RURAL
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL INCOME
RURAL INSTITUTIONS
RURAL LABOR
RURAL WORKERS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SOFTWARE APPLICATION
SOIL
SOIL CONSERVATION
STRAW
TARGETING
TARGETS
TRADE POLICY
TRANSLATION
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSIONS
USER
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WATER USE
WEB
WFP
spellingShingle ACCESS TO GOODS
AGRICULTURE
AVAILABILITY OF DATA
BENCHMARK
BIOMASS
CEREALS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COMMERCIAL CROPS
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
CONTINGENT VALUATION
CORRELATION MATRIX
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP INCOME
CROP RESIDUES
CUSTOM
CUSTOMS
DAIRY
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMAINS
DONOR AGENCIES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUATIONS
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTERNALITIES
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM EMPLOYMENT
FARM INCOME
FARM SECTOR
FARM SIZE
FARMERS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROP
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD OUTPUT
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLY
FRUIT
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
ILLITERACY
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INSTITUTION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IRRIGATION
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LANDLESS FARM WORKERS
LANDLESS WORKERS
MARKETING
PACKAGING
PADDY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
PRICE LEVELS
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
RAINFALL
RESULT
RESULTS
ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS
RURAL
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL INCOME
RURAL INSTITUTIONS
RURAL LABOR
RURAL WORKERS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SOFTWARE APPLICATION
SOIL
SOIL CONSERVATION
STRAW
TARGETING
TARGETS
TRADE POLICY
TRANSLATION
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSIONS
USER
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WATER USE
WEB
WFP
Saleth, R. Maria
Dinar, Ariel
Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4498
description The success of development programs, including water resource projects, depends on two key factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from other closely related programs. Existing methodologies have limitations in accounting for these critical factors. This paper fills this gap by developing a methodology, which quantifies both the roles that institutions play in impact generation and the extent of impact synergies that flows from closely related programs within a unified framework. The methodology is applied to the Kala Oya Basin in Sri Lanka in order to evaluate the impacts of three water-related programs and the roles of 11 institutions in the context of food security. The results provide considerable insights on the relative role of institutions and the flow of development synergies both within and across different impact pathways. The methodology can also be used to locate slack in impact chains and identify policy options to enhance the impact flows.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Saleth, R. Maria
Dinar, Ariel
author_facet Saleth, R. Maria
Dinar, Ariel
author_sort Saleth, R. Maria
title Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
title_short Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
title_full Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Quantifying Institutional Impacts and Development Synergies in Water Resource Programs : A Methodology with Application to the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
title_sort quantifying institutional impacts and development synergies in water resource programs : a methodology with application to the kala oya basin, sri lanka
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8973682/quantifying-institutional-impacts-development-synergies-water-resource-programs-methodology-application-kala-oya-basin-sri-lanka
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