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The Policy of Irrigation Water Pricing in Pakistan: Aims, Assessment and Needed Redirections

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  • M. Ghaffar Chaudhry

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

  • Syed Abdul Majid

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

  • Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

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  • M. Ghaffar Chaudhry & Syed Abdul Majid & Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, 1993. "The Policy of Irrigation Water Pricing in Pakistan: Aims, Assessment and Needed Redirections," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 32(4), pages 809-821.
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    1. Wolf, J. M., 1986. "Cost and financing of irrigation system operations and maintenance in Pakistan," IWMI Books, Reports H043838, International Water Management Institute.
    2. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry, 1973. "The Problem of Agricultural Taxation in West Pakistan and an Alternative Solution," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 12(2), pages 93-122.
    3. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry & Nighat Naheed Kayani, 1991. "Implicit Taxation of Pakistan's Agriculture: An Analysis of the Commodity and Input Prices," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 30(3), pages 225-242.
    4. Sampath, Rajan K., 1992. "Issues in irrigation pricing in developing countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 20(7), pages 967-977, July.
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    1. Hussain, I. & Jehangir, W. & Chaudhry, G., 2002. "Irrigation and poverty in Pakistan: A review of policy issues and options," IWMI Books, Reports H029696, International Water Management Institute.
    2. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry & Shamim A. Sahibzada, 1995. "Agricultural Input Subsidies in Pakistan: Nature and Impact," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 34(4), pages 711-722.
    3. Mehmood Ul Hassan, 2002. "Financial Capacity and Willingness of Farmers to pay for Irrigation Services in the Post-reform Scenario in Pakistan: Two Case Studies," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 41(1), pages 49-67.
    4. Mahmood Ul Hassan & M. Ghaffar Chaudhry, 1998. "Assessing Water Charges under Changing Institutional Irrigation Management in Pakistan: A Methodological Framework," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 37(1), pages 1-17.
    5. Shamim A. Sahibzada, 2002. "Pricing Irrigation Water in Pakistan: An Evaluation of Available Options," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 41(3), pages 209-241.

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