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Lesson Learned

MCC built irrigation infrastructure with the intent to turn it over to a private sector operator to run.

MCC built irrigation infrastructure with the intent to turn it over to a private sector operator to run. In the two schemes where the infrastructure was finished, the private operators were unable to set irrigation service charges (ISCs) that would ensure sustainability of the scheme. Even at the artificially low ISCs that were established, collection of payments was poor.