Where does policy change come from? And where does it end up? Establishing water user associations in large-scale canal irrigation systems in India

Water Policy Entrepreneurs: A Research Companion to Water Transitions around the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 120-136

  Narain, Vishal ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

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