用水协会运行绩效及其影响因素分析——基于江西省3949个用水协会的实证研究

Study on the Performance of Water Users Association and Its Influencing Factors:An Empirical Study of 3949 WUAs in Jiangxi Province

近年来我国用水协会的数量呈爆炸式增长,但学者对其运行绩效及影响因素的研究不够全面和深入。论文使用江西省11个市3 949个用水协会数据,对用水协会的运行绩效及其影响因素进行实证研究。研究表明,是否注册、参与农户数、组建边界、协会主要领导人产生方式、是否有工程产权证、灌溉设施完好率、灌区规模对用水协会运行绩效有显著正影响;而租用和借用办公场所、协会工作人员数、协会起源、协会主要领导人身份则有显著负影响。要使用水协会运行良好,应重视协会的注册工作,完善协会主要领导人产生方式,控制协会工作人员规模,深化小型农田水利工程设施产权制度改革。

In recent years, the number of water users association(WUA) showed explosive growth, but research on its operational performance and its influencing factors are not comprehensive and in-depth. Using data of 3949 WUAs in 11 cities of Jiangxi Province, this paper empirically studied the operational performance of WUAs and their affecting factors.Studies have shown that registration, the number of participated farmers, the boundaries of organization, the way the leaders are generated, the ownership certificates of the irrigation project, the condition of irrigation facilities, and the scale of the irrigation district all have significant positive impact on the performance of WUAs. But rented or borrowed office space,the number of WUA staff, the origin of WUA, and the status of the principal leaders of WUA have significant negative impact. To run the WUA well, the government should pay attention to the registration of WUA, improve the way of generating main leaders of the association,control the scale of WUA staff, and reform the property rights of small irrigation facilities.