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Water Policy Reform in China???s Fragmented Hydraulic State: Focus on Self-Funded/Managed Irrigation and Drainage Districts

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This essay explores the nature of China’s unique decentralised 'authoritarian' regime and its various origins; the continuous dialectic between state-directed and market-directed approaches to the economy (including water); the economic and budgetary drivers of water policy change; whether the concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) is overly 'loaded' with liberal ideas or even if not, whether it provides any insights beyond concepts more widely accepted in China; whether the state-society dichotomy makes sense in China’s guanxi (personal relations) culture; and the course of the World Bank-sponsored Self-funded/managed Irrigation and Drainage District (SIDD) reforms.

Source: Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University)

Author: James Nickum

Institution: Tokyo Jogakkan College

Language: English

Topic: Water Governance and Infrastructure

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2257795520

FWCI: 9.801

Cites: 27

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10