worldbank/Water-When-It-Counts

Replication files for Water When It Counts: Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique by Paul Christian, Florence Kondylis, Valerie Mueller, Astrid Zwager and Tobias Siegfried # Water When It Counts: Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique Replication files for Water When It Counts: Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique by Paul Christian, Florence Kondylis, Valerie Mueller, Astrid Zwager and Tobias Siegfried ### Abstract Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with inefficiency in allocations. A randomized control trial compares two feedback tools: i) general information, charting the water requirements for common crops, and ii) individualized information, comparing water requirements with each farmer's water use in the same season of the previous year. Both types of feedback tools lead to higher reported and observed sufficiency of water relative to recommendations, and nearly eliminate reports of conflicts over water. The experiment fails to detect an additional effect of individualized comparative feedback relative to a general information treatment ### Full paper # How to use this repository This repository contains all the files necessary to replicate the results shown in the paper. To do so, follow the instructions below. 1. **Open the Project repo on GitHub.** If you opened this project's landing page, you can do that by clicking on `View the Project on GitHub` on the left column of the page. If you're already on the GitHub repo, skip this step. 1. **Download the replication folder** by clickling on the `Clone or download` button on the main page of the repository. If you don't have GitHub Desktop installed in your computer, you can still download the files by selecting `Donwload ZIP`. In this case, unzip the downloaded file. 1. **Use the Master do-file to replicate the res …