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Governing the Commons?: Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin

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dc.contributor.authorJacoby, Hanan G.
dc.contributor.authorMansuri, Ghazala
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-28T22:56:39Z
dc.date.available2018-02-28T22:56:39Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.description.abstractSurface 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/598661519220552334/Governing-the-commons-water-and-power-in-Pakistans-Indus-basin
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8351
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29411
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8351
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectRIVER BASINS
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectBUREAUCRACY
dc.subjectRENT-SEEKING
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.titleGoverning the Commons?en
dc.title.subtitleWater and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basinen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleGoverning the Commons? Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin
okr.date.disclosure2018-02-21
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/598661519220552334/Governing-the-commons-water-and-power-in-Pakistans-Indus-basin
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8351
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryPakistan
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okr.topicEnergy::Hydro Power
okr.topicGovernance::Politics and Government
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicWater Resources::Irrigation and Drainage
okr.topicWater Resources::River Basin Management
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Policy & Governance
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Use
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team, Development Research Group
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