Water, rules and gender: Water rights in an indigenous irrigation system, Marakwet, Kenya

Development and Change

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 707-730

  Adams, William M ^a   Watson, Elizabeth E ^a,b   Mutiso, Samuel K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Nairobi ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 0001464727     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00061     Document Type: Article

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