Does Ignoring Heterogeneity in Impacts Distort Project Appraisals? An Experiment for Irrigation in Vietnam

Does Ignoring Heterogeneity in Impacts Distort Project Appraisals? An Experiment for Irrigation in Vietnam

Could the simplifying assumptions made in project appraisal be so far from the truth that the expected benefits of public investments are not realized? Using data for Vietnam, commonly used estimates of the benefits from irrigation investments base...

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Main Authors: Van de Walle, Dominique, Gunewardena, Dileni
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO IRRIGATION
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ARABLE LAND
BENCHMARK
CATCHMENT AREA
COMMUNES
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COST OF LIVING
CROP INCOME
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPLAND
CROPPING PATTERNS
DELTA REGION
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS
DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRICTS
ECONOMETRIC MODELING
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
EQUALITY
EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM INCOME
FARM OUTPUT
FARM SIZE
FARMER
FARMERS
FEMALE
FOOD CROPS
FOOD POLICY
GENDER
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME SHARES
INCREASING RETURNS
IRRIGATED LAND
IRRIGATING
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION EXPANSION
IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE
IRRIGATION INVESTMENT
IRRIGATION INVESTMENTS
IRRIGATION NETWORKS
IRRIGATION PROJECTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAND ASSETS
LAND HOLDINGS
LAND QUALITY
LAND REFORM
LAND TENURE
LANDHOLDINGS
LIVING STANDARDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/17736783/ignoring-heterogeneity-impacts-distort-project-appraisals-experiment-irrigation-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17219

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