Fiscal Management in Adjustment Lending

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World Bank Publications, 1997 M01 1 - 179 pages
World Bank Technical Paper No. 360. Recent experience confirms that participation of farmers in managing parts of an irrigation system and collecting water charges usually results in a more efficient use of water. To be effective, farmers in the hydraulic unit would need to organize themselves by establishing a water users' association. This paper presents a comparative study of the legal framework for these associations in Colombia, India, Mexico, Nepal, the Philippines, and Turkey. Building on the theory that participation of farmers in managing and operating parts of an irrigation system will result in an optimum use of water, the document analyzes in a comparative manner how each of these countries addresses the basic aspects related to the establishment and functioning of such associations. Additional emphasis is placed on the collection of water charges. Language editions also available: * Arabic--Stock No. 14000 (ISBN 0-8213-4000-X) * Russian--Stock No. 14287 (ISBN 0-8213-4287-8).

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Page 43 - These documents reveal that borrower performance in implementing adjustment conditionality has been mixed: implementation has been weak in budgetary process and public enterprise reform and in the reduction or restructuring of current expenditures.
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Page 28 - Chapter 6 pulls together a picture of the ultimate outcome of fiscal reforms after more than a decade of SAL/SECAL experience and draws lessons and recommendations.
Page 6 - Focusing on the ultimate goals of expenditure reform right from the start is important both for the proper selection of expenditure (or other) instruments and for better implementation.
Page 28 - The objective is to identify common patterns in the diagnosis, conditionality, and implementation of fiscal programs...
Page 4 - Success has been limited in restructuring current expenditures away from wages and subsidies and toward nonwage O&M, and attempts to cut public employment have generally been short-lived or modest.

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