Performance assessment, irrigation service delivery and poverty reduction: Benefits of improved system management

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 307-320

  Molden, David ^a   Burton, Martin ^b   Bos, M G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Irrigation; Management; Performance assessment; Poverty; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247247147     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.313     Document Type: Article

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