Determinants of household contributions to collective irrigation management: The case of the Doho Rice Scheme in Uganda

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-551

  Nakano, Yuko ^a   Otsuka, Keijiro ^b  

^a International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)   (Tanzania)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 80054918484     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X11000167     Document Type: Article

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