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1 Mayfield, J. B.; Naguib, M. 1984. The administrative and social environment of the farmers in an Egyptian village. Cairo: Egypt Water Use and Management Project. v, 46p. (EWUP technical report no.69)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G232 MAY Record No: H032)
Any major new idea or activity introduced in a village must first be filtered through the local leadership of that village. The following report explores how that leadership structure in an Egyptian village setting may be understood. First, the formal governmental organization network at the village level is described and an analysis of how a particular village participates in that organizational structure is presented. Next, a methodology is introduced to extract specific village personnel who serve as legitimate authority figures in the
2 Ingle, M. D. 1974. Local governance and rural development in Thailand. Ithaca, NY, USA: Center for International Studies. Cornell University. [iv], 96 p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 307.72 G750 ING Record No: H01156)
3 Stavis, B. 1974. Rural local government and agricultural development in Taiwan. Ithaca, NY, USA: Center for International Studies. Cornell University. vi, 122 p. (Special series on rural local government no. 15)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 306 G748 STA Record No: H01155)
4 Williams, A. R. 1981. Measuring local government performance: Assessing management, decentralization and participation. Ithaca, NY, USA: Center for International Studies. Cornell University. xii, 101 p. (Cornell University Rural Development Committee occasional paper no. 11)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 306 G000 WIL Record No: H01165)
5 Blackton, J. S. 1974. Local government and rural development in Sri Lanka. Ithaca, NY, USA: Center for International Studies. Cornell University. [iv], 68 p. (Special series on rural local government no. 14)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 307.72 G744 BLA Record No: H01154)
6 Cohen, J. M.; Goldsmith, A. A.; Mellor, J. W. 1976. Revolution and land reform in Ethiopia: Peasant associations, local government and rural development. Ithaca, NY, USA: Center for International Studies. Cornell University. iii, 127 p. (Cornell University Rural Development Committee occasional paper no. 6)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.31 G136 COH Record No: H01161)
7 Cochrame, G. 1983. Policies for strengthening local government in developing countries. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 57p. (Management and development series no.9)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 352 G000 COC Record No: H01277)
8 Simpas, S. S.; Carino, L.; Pacho, A. G. 1974. Local government and rural development in the Philippines. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University. Center for International Studies. vii, 109p. (Special series on rural local government no.12)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 307.72 G732 SIM Record No: H04487)
9 Gunawardena, A. 1991. Roles of provincial councils, divisional councils, gramodaya mandalas and the Central Government. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA) Secretariat. 16p. (IMPSA Staff Working Paper 4.4)
Local government ; Institutional constraints ; Agricultural policy ; Irrigation management / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 2013 Record No: H08841)
10 Gunawardena, A. 1991. Roles of provincial councils, divisional councils, gramodaya mandalas and the Central Government. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA) Secretariat. 16p. (IMPSA Staff Working Paper 4.4)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 2184 Record No: H010707)
Prepared as a paper to support IMPSA Policy Paper 4 - Modernizing the irrigated agriculture sector: Transformations at the macro-institutional level.
11 McGuire, R. A.; Ohsfeldt, R. L. 1994. The impact of taxes on the privatization of municipal services. Economic Letters, 45:391-395.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 2333 Record No: H015361)
12 Pucci, A. A. 1994. Cooperative ground-water resources management: Local perspective. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 120(6):984-991.
Water resource management ; Groundwater management ; Local government ; Hydrology ; Legislation / USA
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H015592)
13 Joyce, B. P.; Merz, T. E. 1994. The pricing of water in a university town: An Economic analysis of draining a cash cow. Water Resources Research, 30(10):2807-2811.
Water supply ; Water rates ; Water costs ; Local government ; Economic analysis ; Mathematical models / USA
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H015898)
14 Pompili, M. J. 1995. Environmental mandates: The impact on local government. Journal of Environmental Health, 57(6):6-12.
Environmental control ; Environmental policy ; Legislation ; Environmental degradation ; Local government ; Pollution control ; Costs / USA
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3953 Record No: H017048)
15 Yanggen, D. A. 1986. Zoning to protect groundwater quality. In ASAE, Water resources law: Proceedings of the National Symposium on Water Resources law, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois, December 15-16, 1986. St. Joseph, MI, USA: ASAE. pp.104-113.
Water management ; Groundwater management ; Water quality ; Legislation ; Water pollution ; Land use ; Local government / USA / Wisconsin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G430 ASA Record No: H017417)
16 Paul, S. 1994. Does voice matter?: A study of the impact of voice on public accountability. Unpublished report. 66p.
Irrigation management ; Water management ; Administration ; Public sector ; Local government ; Performance evaluation ; Water user associations ; Farmer participation ; Farmers' associations ; Farmer-agency interactions ; Farmers' attitudes ; Communication ; Villages ; Research methods ; Irrigation canals ; Indicators ; Policy / Indonesia
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: P 4147 Record No: H017835)
Monograph reporting the findings of a study that investigated whether public service providers perform better when their accountability is enhanced through the public's use of voice. The public service selected for study was irrigation in Indonesia.
17 Root, H. L. 1995. Managing development through institution building. Manila, Philippines: ADB. 30p. (ADB occasional papers no.12)
Public administration ; Local government ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Non-governmental organizations ; Poverty ; Equity ; Rural development ; Development policy ; Political aspects
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.9 G000 ROO Record No: H018282)
18 Sri Lanka. Department of Census and Statistics. 1995. Statistical abstract of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1995. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Department. xxi, 312p.
Statistics ; Agriculture ; Population ; Industrialization ; Communication ; Social aspects ; Climate ; Labor ; Employment ; Forestry ; Fisheries ; Transport ; Energy consumption ; Prices ; Trade policy ; Public finance ; Financial institutions ; Cooperatives ; Education ; Local government ; Tourism / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: R 310 G744 SRI Record No: H018332)
19 Bruno, M.; Pleskovic, B. (Ed.) 1996. Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1995. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. v, 383p.
Economic development ; Economic policy ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Gender ; Women ; Households ; Labor ; Irrigation systems ; Farmers ; Local government ; Decentralization ; Conflict ; Privatization
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.9 G000 BRU Record No: H018498)
20 Sri Lanka. Department of Census and Statistics. 1995. Statistical pocket book of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1995. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Department. 242p.
Statistics ; Population ; Geography ; Health ; Education ; Social development ; Agricultural production ; Land use ; Crop yield ; Industrialization ; Travel ; Transport ; Communication ; Public finance ; Local government / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 310 G744 SRI Record No: H018553)
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