A preliminary assessment of water institutions in India: An institutional design perspective

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-953

  Ananda, Jayanath ^a   Crase, Lin ^a   Pagan, P G ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748631282     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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