Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru

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dc.creatorLoayza, Norman
dc.creatorDel Carpio, Ximena V.
dc.creatorDatar, Gayatri
dc.date2012-03-30T07:33:44Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:33:44Z
dc.date2011
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:02:31Z
dc.descriptionThis paper analyses the effect of a set of irrigation rehabilitation projects conducted over the last 10 years in Peru. The projects were conducted without the aim or the tools for a full-fledged impact evaluation. Nevertheless, this paper attempts an evaluation through the use of alternative data sources such as household surveys and geographic information, a strategy of identification of beneficiaries and control households based on spatial proximity to the projects' sites, and an econometric approach consisting of a double-differencing technique. The empirical analysis is guided and interpreted with the help of a theoretical model that considers the effects of an irrigation project on the distribution of production, employment and income for different types of landowners. The paper concludes that the irrigation projects implemented in Peru had a positive impact on intended beneficiary households, but not in the way it could have been simplistically expected. The project did benefit the poor but not by increasing production in their own small plots but by providing them with better employment opportunities in larger farms.
dc.description1
dc.identifierJournal of Agricultural Economics
dc.identifier0021857X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5626
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414580
dc.languageEN
dc.relationhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Agriculture
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectOther Primary Products O130
dc.subjectProject Analysis O220
dc.subjectMicro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
dc.subjectLand Ownership and Tenure
dc.subjectLand Reform
dc.subjectLand Use
dc.subjectIrrigation
dc.subjectAgriculture and Environment Q150
dc.titleIs Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
dc.titleJournal of Agricultural Economics
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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