Institutional reform in the Andean irrigation sector: Enabling policies fpr strengthening local rights and water management

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-50

  Cremers, Leontien ^a   Ooijevaar, Marjolein ^b   Boelens, Rutgerd ^b  

^a Water Law and Indigenous Rights   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Institutional reform; Irrigation; Peasant and indigenous organizations; Water resource policy; Water rights

Indexed keywords

PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ANDEAN IRRIGATION SECTOR; POLITICAL DEMOCRACY; PRIVATIZATION POLICIES;

IRRIGATION;

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

IRRIGATION; ORGANIZATIONS;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344385707     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2005.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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