WATER COMMUNITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF MEMBERSHIP SATISFACTION AND PAYMENT BEHAVIOUR
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The performance of Water Communities (WCs), a form of self-managing organisation for
irrigation, in the Bregalnica region of the Republic of Macedonia is investigated. Analysis,
drawing on primary survey data, focuses on the decision of farmers to join a WC (Heckman
selection probit model), determinants of farmers’ satisfaction with their membership of WCs
(ordered probit model) and factors associated with changes in farmers’ water payment
behaviour (non-parametric CLAD model). Key determinants identified include transparency
and trust with respect to the structure and operation of the WC, cost recovery rates, farm size
and irrigation costs. Membership satisfaction is an important determinant of payment
behaviour. Lessons for sustainable self-management are drawn.