Institutions under stress and people in distress: institution-building and drought in a new settlement scheme

Douglas J. Merrey and Pallewatte G. Somaratne

No 113954 in IWMI Books from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: This paper analyzes irrigation operational problems, and their institutional causes, on a new irrigation system in southern Sri Lanka, based on research during disastrous drought. The authors offer a number of suggestions for improving the management of this system.

Keywords: Institutional; and; Behavioral; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.113954

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