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The politics of irrigation reform: Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Author
Mollinga P.P. (ed.)
Date
2004
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-072482)
Publisher | Place of publication
Ashgate Publishing Ltd | Aldershot, UK
ISBN
0 7546 3515 5
Pages
352 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
South Africa, Mexico, Philippines, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, India
Subject
Water
Keyword
Law reform/harmonization/deregulation Irrigation Freshwater resources management
Abstract

Contents: (1) Introduction (2) Water policy and law review process in South Africa with a focus on the agricultural sector (3) The politics of creating commitment: Irrigation reforms and the reconstitution of the hydraulic bureaucracy in Mexico (4) Irrigation development and management reform in the Philippines: Stakeholder interest and implementation (5) From voice to empowerment: Rerouting irrigation reform in Indonesia (6) Irrigation policy discourse and practice: Two cases of irrigation management transfer in Zimbabwe (7) Irrigation policy reforms in Pakistan: Who's getting the process right? (8) Capture and transformation: Participatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh, India (9) The politics of irrigation policy implementation: Networks of votes, bribes and Coca-Cola in the Philippines (10) The politics of irrigation reform: Research for strategic action