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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Fontenelle, Jean-Philippe; Molle, François |
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Conference:
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International Conference on Irrigation Water Policies: Micro and Macro Considerations |
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Location:
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Agadir, Morocco |
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Conf. Date:
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June 15-17 |
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Date:
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2002 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5124
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Region:
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Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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price
river basins
water management
governance and politics
collective action
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Abstract:
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From Introduction: "The first part of this paper describes the political changes, which induced technical and institutional evolutions of the RRD water-control systems, as the organization of the operation and even the technological nature of water-control systems, were influenced by national political choices. The second section describes the management framework and the financial organization of the RRD water-control systems. In-depth studies conducted at local level allow a better understanding of the present situation. Water management in the RRD appears to be strongly organized by the State into successive nested levels, from the central level of the Ministry of Agriculture to the local level of the cooperatives. This structure was challenged by the emergence of local pumping stations and water management practices, which superimposed themselves upon the officially existing structure. It is shown how the mismatch between administrative and hydraulic units adds to the complexity of the definition of both the financing and the management of hydraulic operations. The third and last section of the paper examines the financing of the different operators, the amount and the use of the water fees paid by farmers and questions the process of water management decentralization and privatization in the RRD."
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