Institutions under stress and people in distress: institution-building and drought in a new settlement scheme in Sri Lanka
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Date of publication
december 1989
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handle:10568/36360
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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.