Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2016
Abstract
States are increasingly striving to create participatory local organizations for joint management of common pool resources. What local conditions determine success of such state efforts? What effect do these efforts have? Drawing on controlled comparisons between three districts in Indonesia and an original survey of 92 water user groups, I demonstrate that local political contexts condition the effectiveness of participatory irrigation policies. When irrigation is politically salient, local politicians pressure bureaucrats to better engage with farmers. The data also show that training programs are not as effective at increasing water user organization activity as frequent contact between bureaucrats and farmers.
Keywords
common pool resources, participatory management, local government, irrigation, Southeast Asia, Indonesia
Discipline
Asian Studies | Environmental Policy | Urban Studies and Planning
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
World Development
Volume
77
First Page
34
Last Page
47
ISSN
0305-750X
Identifier
10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.014
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
RICKS, Jacob I..(2016). Building participatory organizations for common pool resource management: Water user group promotion in Indonesia. World Development, 77, 34-47.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1748
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.014