| Title | Local Organization and Bureaucracy in a Lao Irrigation Projec |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1980 |
| Authors | Coward, Jr. EW |
| Book Title | Irrigation and Agricultural Development in Asia: Perspectives from the Social Sciences |
| Chapter | 15 |
| Pagination | 329-344 |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| City | Ithaca, New York |
| Source Document | Accessible with appropriate permission |
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Nam Tan Irrigation Project | Case |
| The Nam Tam watershed is located in the Sainyabuli Province of western Laos. The Nam Tan Irrigation Project dammed the river in the late 1960's and downstream rice agriculture in a 2000 hectare area of the Muong Phieng Valley shifted from an indigenous to bureaucratic irrigation system. Initial success of the Project was attributed to the adaptation of the "water headman," a traditional irrigation leadership role, in the formal structure of the Project.This case was part of the original CPR... | 09 Aug 2016 |