Impact of irrigation on rural poverty in India: An aggregate panel-data analysis

Water Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 443-458

  Bhattarai, Madhusudan ^a   Narayanamoorthy, A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregate impact assessment; Agricultural factor inputs; Groundwater; India; Irrigation impact; Rural development; Rural literacy; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346009318     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2003.0028     Document Type: Article

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