Irrigation management transfer in the Columbia Basin: lessons and international implications

Irrigation management, Farmer managed irrigation systems, Privatization, Irrigation efficiency, Irrigation effects, Project appraisal, Financing, Developing countries, Farm Management, Financial Economics,

Small dams and social capital in Yemen: how assistance strategies affect local investment and institutions

Dams / Investment / Development aid / Irrigated farming / Villages / Water delivery / Yemen

Impacts of irrigation management transfer: A review of the evidence.

Evaluates data from 29 different studies on irrigation management transfer to assess the impacts of transfer on various aspects of irrigation system management. Twelve guiding principles to ensure a more systematic approach to research on the impacts of management transfer are proposed. Identifies key research propositions on the conditions necessary for transfer programs to succeed

Assessment of participatory management of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka: Partial reforms, partial benefits

Describes the application of a standard methodology developed by IWMI to assess the impact of irrigation management transfer on the performance of irrigation schemes. Includes detailed analysis of the effects of participatory management on the performance of irrigation schemes in Sri Lanka

Impacts of Colombia's current irrigation management transfer program

Assess the impacts of the current national irrigation management transfer program in Colombia. Examines the context of transfer, the basic transfer strategy, the impacts of transfer, and the powers and functions devolved in the transferred districts. The need to use the transfer process to create local management self-reliance is also stressed

Small dams and social capital in Yemen: How assistance strategies affect local investment and institutions

This report examines the development of eight small dam projects in the mountainous province of Al-Mahweet in north-central Yemen. The report also investigates how external assistance affects incentives for local people to invest in dam development and water delivery systems and also to create rules, property rights and institutional arrangements to manage the dam and water