Indigenous systems of conflict resolution in Oromia, Ethiopia

Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 146-157

  Edossa, Desalegn Chemeda ^a   Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele ^b   Namara, Regassa Ensermu ^c   Babel, Mukand Singh ^d   Gupta, Ashim Das ^d  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

^c International Water Management Institute   (Ghana)

^d ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Borana; Conflict resolution; Ethiopia; Gadaa; Indigenous institution; Oromo; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890234442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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