Development in Practice
Volume 24, Issue 2, 2014
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdip20/current
“Perennial issues Around agriculture, rural development and related water management…”

Cultivating “success” and “failure” in policy: participatory irrigation management in Nepal
Manpriet Singh*, Janwillem Liebrand & Deepa Joshi
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.885494
Abstract
Introduced over a decade ago and considered largely successful by irrigation professionals, Irrigation Management Transfer and Participatory Irrigation Management (IMT/PIM) policies were recently reviewed and seen to have resulted in more cases of “failure” than “success”. Primary research on two IMT/PIM projects in Nepal, which were among the few “successes” in the assessment supporting a “failed” PIM, shows how such policy-driven evaluations, when defining success, overlook incongruities between policies, institutions, and the evolving dynamics around class, caste, ethnicity, and gender. Without exploring the dynamics of practice, the process of “cultivating” success and/or failure in evaluations provides little insight on how irrigation management works on the ground.

Social compacts for long-term inclusive economic growth in developing countries
John M. Luiz*
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.885496
pages 234-244
Abstract
The notion of a social compact between government, business, and civil society as a basis for long-term economic development and growth underpins economic models in many industrialised countries. The search for a new social order is pressing in developing countries where high levels of economic growth exposes the growing gaps between those who participate economically and those who are left behind. This creates new interest groups and alliances and sees old social orders collapse. Finding ways to bring about more inclusive development in developing countries through a social compact is the focus of this paper.