The power to resist: Irrigation management transfer in Indonesia

Water Alternatives

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-41

  Suhardiman, Diana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Laos)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Irrigation bureaucracy; Irrigation management transfer; Policy reform; Power struggles

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; IRRIGATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; STATE ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84877960027     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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