Analyzing governance reforms in irrigation: Central, South and West Asian experience

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-162

  Ul Hassan, Muhammad Mehmood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Asia; Conceptual model; Governance; Irrigation management transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953072418     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.564     Document Type: Article

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