Planning and corrupting water resources development: The case of small reservoirs in Ghana

Water Alternatives

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-423

  Venot, Jean Philippe ^a   Andreini, Marc ^b   Pinkstaff, Crossley Beth ^c  

^a International Water Management Institute   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Bureaucracy; Corruption; Ghana; Governance; Planning; State; Sub saharan africa

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BUREAUCRACY; CORRUPTION; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 83755196052     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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