Sustainable development, water resources management and women's empowerment: The Wanaraniya water project in Sri Lanka

Gender and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-58

  Aladuwaka, Seela ^a   Momsen, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Participatory development; Sri Lanka; Water; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950966420     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552071003600026     Document Type: Article

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