Irrigation and poverty alleviation: Review of the empirical evidence

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Hussain, Intizar ^a   Hanjra, Munir A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Asia; Chronic poverty; India; Irrigation; Pakistan; Pro poor interventions; Sri lanka; Transient poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144392635     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.114     Document Type: Review

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