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Determinants of Institutional Performance in Watershed Management: A Study of the Nature and Performance of WatershedDevelopment Institutions in Andhra Pradesh, India

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  • Gandhi, Vasant P.
  • Crase, Lin

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The study examines the nature and performance of watershed development institutions in India. Improving productivity and incomes in rainfed areas, which have much poverty, is a major challenge in India, and a huge initiative through which this is pursued is Watershed Development (WSD) programs which are massively funded by the Government of India, state governments and external donors. In watershed development, combining scientific approaches with community participation and knowledge is a major problem and requires effective institutions, which is a major weakness. The study examines the design and performance of watershed development institutions using new institutional economics, and management theory of governance. It analyzes data collected in a primary survey of 18 watershed institutions and 542 beneficiary households in Andhra Pradesh. The results identify a number of features including rationalities and institutional characteristics closely related to performance, and this could add to new institutional economics theory as well as the better design of institutions.

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  • Gandhi, Vasant P. & Crase, Lin, 2012. "Determinants of Institutional Performance in Watershed Management: A Study of the Nature and Performance of WatershedDevelopment Institutions in Andhra Pradesh, India," 2012 Conference (56th), February 7-10, 2012, Fremantle, Australia 124307, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aare12:124307
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124307
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    1. Archana Raghavan Sathyan & Christoph Funk & Thomas Aenis & Lutz Breuer, 2018. "Climate Vulnerability in Rainfed Farming: Analysis from Indian Watersheds," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-27, September.
    2. Ravi, S.C. & Umesh, Kotrakere Basegowda & Murthy, P.S. Srikantha & Chandrakanth, M.G., 2021. "Institutional Interventions and Governance for Equity: Impact and Policies from Tank Irrigation in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315209, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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