Decentralised water governance in Zimbabwe: Disorder within order

Water Resources and Rural Development

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Mapedza, Everisto ^a   Manzungu, Emmanuel ^b   Rosen, Tommy ^c   Ncube, Phanuel ^d   van Koppen, Barbara ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Zimbabwe National Water Authority   (Zimbabwe)

^d Mzingwane Catchment Council   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Land reform; Political economy; Water reform

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND REFORM; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WELFARE REFORM;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84973444142     PISSN: 22126082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wrr.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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