Description |
1 online resource (152 pages) |
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Independent Evaluation Group Studies |
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Independent evaluation studies.
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Contents |
Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; Box 1.1 Irrigation: The Basics; Table 1.1 Bank-Supported Irrigation Projects in Andhra Pradesh; Box 1.2 Some Local Terminology; Box 1.3 The IEG Survey; 2 The Projects; Figure 2.1 Irrigated Area in SRSP; Figure 2.2 Irrigation Sources, 2005 and 2006; 3 Water User Associations; Figure 3.1 Households Accessing Canal and Tank Irrigation Systems Most Likely to Be in a WUA; Figure 3.2 Likelihood of WUA Membership Increases Sharply with Wealth; Figure 3.3 Large Landowners Most Likely to Be WUA Members |
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Marginal Farmers also ActiveFigure 3.4 Lorenz Curve for Land Ownership by Irrigation Source; Box 3.1 Diversion of Water to Tanks Limits the Number of Beneficiaries; Table 3.1 Participation in WUA Activities, 2006; Figure 3.5 Larger Landholders More Likely to Think Water Is Fairly Distributed, as Are WUA Members; 4 Economic Benefits; Figure 4.1 Irrigation Increases Yields ... But by Less than Assumed at Appraisal; Figure |
Summary |
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank has undertaken impact evaluations of the Bank?s support to irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India (under AP Irrigation II and III), and of the U.K. Department for International Development supported Rural Livelihoods Project (RLP). This is one of a series of IEG impact evaluations (see appendix H). IEG?s program of impact evaluation is in part carried out under a Department for International Development?IEG partnership agreement; hence the focus on RLP. However, survey villages are also covered by the Bank supported DPIP project, so that the |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Irrigation -- Economic aspects -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
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Irrigation projects -- Economic aspects -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
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Poverty -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
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Irrigation -- Economic aspects
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Irrigation projects -- Economic aspects
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Poverty
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India -- Andhra Pradesh
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780821375433 |
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0821375431 |
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0821375423 |
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9780821375426 |
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6611787461 |
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9786611787462 |
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1281787469 |
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9781281787460 |
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