Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin
Surface irrigation is a common pool resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation opportunities across upstream and downstream water users. Large canal systems are also predominantly managed by the state. This paper studies water allocation un...
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okr-10986-294112021-06-08T14:42:48Z Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala WATER SUPPLY RIVER BASINS HYDROPOWER BUREAUCRACY RENT-SEEKING CORRUPTION COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE IRRIGATION GOVERNANCE Surface irrigation is a common pool resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation opportunities across upstream and downstream water users. Large canal systems are also predominantly managed by the state. This paper studies water allocation under an irrigation bureaucracy subject to corruption and rent-seeking. Data on the landholdings and political influence of nearly a quarter million irrigators in Pakistan's vast Indus Basin watershed allow the construction of a novel index of lobbying power. Consistent with a model of misgovernance, the decline in water availability and land values from channel head to tail is accentuated along canals having greater lobbying power at the head than at the tail. 2018-02-28T22:56:39Z 2018-02-28T22:56:39Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/598661519220552334/Governing-the-commons-water-and-power-in-Pakistans-Indus-basin http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29411 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8351 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Pakistan |
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WATER SUPPLY RIVER BASINS HYDROPOWER BUREAUCRACY RENT-SEEKING CORRUPTION COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE IRRIGATION GOVERNANCE Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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Surface irrigation is a common pool
resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation
opportunities across upstream and downstream water users.
Large canal systems are also predominantly managed by the
state. This paper studies water allocation under an
irrigation bureaucracy subject to corruption and
rent-seeking. Data on the landholdings and political
influence of nearly a quarter million irrigators in
Pakistan's vast Indus Basin watershed allow the
construction of a novel index of lobbying power. Consistent
with a model of misgovernance, the decline in water
availability and land values from channel head to tail is
accentuated along canals having greater lobbying power at
the head than at the tail. |
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Working Paper |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. |
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin |
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governing the commons? : water and power in pakistan's indus basin |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/598661519220552334/Governing-the-commons-water-and-power-in-Pakistans-Indus-basin http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29411 |
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