TY - BOOK AU - Ostrom,Elinor ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Improving irrigation in Asia: sustainable performance of an innovative intervention in Nepal SN - 9780857938022 (e-book) AV - HD1741.N35 I47 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Cheltenham, U.K. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Irrigation KW - Nepal KW - Sustainable agriculture KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The challenge of achieving successful development interventions -- 2. Effects of different modes of assistance on the performance of farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal -- 3. Processes and procedures of an innovative development intervention initiated in 1985 in the Middle Hills of Nepal -- 4. Evaluating an innovative development intervention a decade and a half later -- 5. Post-intervention dynamics in 2008 : focusing on two success and two failure cases -- 6. Synthesis and conclusion N2 - Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and the management of development assistance UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781849801447.xml ER -