Local Organization and Bureaucracy in a Lao Irrigation Projec

TitleLocal Organization and Bureaucracy in a Lao Irrigation Projec
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication1980
AuthorsCoward, Jr. EW
Book TitleIrrigation and Agricultural Development in Asia: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Chapter15
Pagination329-344
PublisherCornell University Press
CityIthaca, New York
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Nam Tan Irrigation Project

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The Muong Phieng Valley is located in the Nam Tam watershed in the Sainyabuli Province of western Laos. The main agricultural product is rice. The area suffered major infrastructural changes in two periods. First, during the Nam Tam Irrigation project administered by USAID and the Lao government in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Second, during the Nam Tam Rehabilitation project in the 1990s, supervised by UNDP, UNCF and the Lao government.This case was part of the original CPR database...
09 Aug 2016