Limits to donor-driven water sector reforms: Insight and evidence from Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Bandaragoda, D J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Institutional reforms; Integrated water resources management; International donors; Pakistan; Participatory management; Sri Lanka; Transaction cost; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744452190     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.026     Document Type: Article

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