Institutional design of public agencies and coproduction: A study of irrigation associations in Taiwan
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...They can also lead to more e cient use of resources, through fostering coordinated action (as in the case of water: Lam, 1996)....
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...The irrigation associations have repeatedly been acclaimed as major contributors to efficient irrigation in the country and thus to substantial agricultural development (Levine 1977, Moore 1989, Lam 1996)....
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...…shows that the greater success of the former is due to the effective intervention of national governments in providing a favourable legal environment Royal Economic Society 2002 and handling cases in which the informal sanctions of the community would not be adequate (Lam, 1996; Wade, 1988)....
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...be adequate (Lam, 1996; Wade, 1988). Similar community-governmental synergy is found in Tendler’s (1997) study of the delivery of health care and Ostrom’s (1996)...
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...For instance, for public officials, it is often unclear to what extent public services can be improved by incorporating citizens (e.g. Evans, Hills, and Orme 2012) or how co-creation creates budgetary benefits (Abers 1998) or even increases customer interest (Lam 1996)....
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...Research findings suggest that self-governance can work and, in many instances, outperform government agencies in the management of an infrastructure and resources such as irrigation systems (Ostrom, Schroeder, and Wynne, 1993; E. Ostrom, 1990, 1992; Tang, 1992; Lam, 1994)....
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...…of individuals within an agency as a result of an organizing process, which is defined as changing the situation from one in which individuals act independently to one in which they act in a coordinated manner in an effort to accomplish collective benefits (E. Ostrom, 1990; Miller, 1992)....
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...Research findings suggest that self-governance can work and, in many instances, outperform government agencies in the management of an infrastructure and resources such as irrigation systems (Ostrom, Schroeder, and Wynne, 1993; E. Ostrom, 1990, 1992; Tang, 1992; Lam, 1994)....
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...…of individuals within an agency as a result of an organizing process, which is defined as changing the situation from one in which individuals act independently to one in which they act in a coordinated manner in an effort to accomplish collective benefits (E. Ostrom, 1990; Miller, 1992)....
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