Irrigation sector in Bulgaria: Impact of post-socialist policy reforms

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-389

  Theesfeld, Insa ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Collective action; Irrigation management transfer; Policy reform; Property rights; Pseudo devolution; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749083989     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2008.155     Document Type: Article

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