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Decentralization and Redistribution : Irrigation Reform in Pakistan's Indus Basin

Does decentralizing the allocation of public resources reduce rent-seeking and improve equity? This paper studies a governance reform in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin irrigation system. Using canal discharge measurements across all of Punjab pro...

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Main Authors: Jacoby, Hanan G., Mansuri, Ghazala, Fatima, Freeha
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
DECENTRALIZATION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER POLICY
IRRIGATION
INEQUALITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION
WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION
WATER THEFT
WATER SCARCITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219061519221201138/Decentralization-and-redistribution-irrigation-reform-in-Pakistans-Indus-basin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29412

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