Institutional analysis of irrigation management in Haiti: A case study of three farmer managed schemes

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-570

  Boyer, Michelet ^a   Speelman, Stijn ^b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^b  

^a Direction of Agricultural Infrastructure (DIA)   (Haïti)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Haiti; Institutional analysis; Irrigation management transfer; Irrigation schemes; Water users' associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051536701     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.034     Document Type: Review

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