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Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan

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  • Kai Wegerich
  • Asghar Hussain

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Here, more than 100 years of incumbency reports on officers of the irrigation bureaucracy of Punjab, Pakistan, are presented and analyzed. The data highlight how representation changed before and after partition within the irrigation bureaucracy. The data show that the irrigation bureaucracy increased through staffing its representation of local communities and is in its appointments responsive to elected representatives. Therefore, it is argued that empowerment of the local community can be achieved without irrigation management transfer but through the irrigation bureaucracy itself.

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  • Kai Wegerich & Asghar Hussain, 2016. "Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(5), pages 662-681, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:41:y:2016:i:5:p:662-681
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2016.1185890
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    1. Khan, Shahrukh Rafi & Khan, Foqia Sadiq & Akhtar, Aasim Sajjad, 2007. "Initiating Devolution for Service Delivery in Pakistan: Ignoring the Power Structure," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195472219.
    2. Ul Haq, A., 1998. "Case study of the Punjab Irrigation Department: consultancy report," IWMI Research Reports H030079, International Water Management Institute.
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