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Identifying and estimating the social values of irrigation: a plea for being explicit

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  • Petra Hellegers
  • Brian Davidson

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Governments justify decisions on irrigation projects partly because of the social benefits they have, i.e. the values that add to the wider objectives to society. Assessing social values is complex and can be approached in various ways. Cost–benefit analysis is too simplistic. The aim in this paper is to identify social values and to suggest an approach to assess them ex-post more comprehensively. Correlations between water applied and indicators of social objectives in individual regions have been used to show whether the social values associated with irrigation exist. Their extent and impact have been assessed using applied regression techniques.

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  • Petra Hellegers & Brian Davidson, 2024. "Identifying and estimating the social values of irrigation: a plea for being explicit," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(8), pages 976-990, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:49:y:2024:i:8:p:976-990
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2024.2430854
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