Rent seeking in irrigated agriculture

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Title	Rent seeking in irrigated agriculture
Subtitle	Institutional problem areas in operation and maintenance
Author	Renger, J., Wolff, B.
Editor or Organisation	GIZ
Year	2000
Keywords	irrigated agriculture, rent seeking, corruption, service provision
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Type	publication
Language	English
Table of Contents
Abstract	The goal of this paper is to raise awareness of the problem of rent seeking and show ways for irrigated agriculture to meet its development policy objectives better. The paper is an attempt to examine irrigated agriculture from the standpoint of the new institutional economics. The core idea of this (still relatively young) theory is to interpret and explain the behaviour of individuals and groups in terms of political and administrative systems. This does not mean that the personal characteristics of the actors would be irrelevant. However, if we take an “average” actor, there are clear relationships between the structures in the environment within which they act and their behaviour. By configuring such structures, it is possible to direct the behaviour of the people operating within them. The structures and rules of the system not only determine people’s scope for action but also the relative individual benefit of the various alternative actions for the actor concerned.
Permission	Yes
Category	Enabling Environment
File	GIZ, Renger, J., Wolff, B. (2000) Rent seeking in irrigated agriculture.pdf

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