Is Information the Key to Improved Equity in Pakistan's Irrigation System? Evidence from an Experimental Game in Punjab

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8887
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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Bell, Andrew Reid; Shah, Azeem Ali; Anwar, Arif; Ringler, Claudia
Conference:	Commoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihoods, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge, the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons
Location:	Mt. Fuji, Japan
Conf. Date:	June 3-7
Date:	2013
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8887
Sector:	Theory Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	equity irrigation IASC
Abstract:	"In this study we begin inquiry into the potential value of information in the IBIS via an experimental game of water distribution played by farmers in Punjab province. This experiment is part of a larger project being undertaken jointly by IFPRI and IWMI that includes a pilot study of flow monitoring and reporting in the Hakra command area of Punjab. The broad goals of these efforts are to evaluate the potential impacts that improved information can have on farmer decisions and behavior, and thus on system-level efficiency and equity outcomes in the system."

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