This article analyses policy trends in Indonesian irrigation, particularly during the last five decades, from the perspective of dominant narratives, as authored, suggested and pushed by international donors. It argues that international donors' adherence to 'deferred maintenance' as the core ele...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Mollinga, P.P.
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[Correlations, causes and the logic of obscuration: donor shaping of dominant narratives in Indonesia's irrigation development]
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Correlations, causes and the logic of obscuration: donor shaping of dominant narratives in Indonesia's irrigation development
This article analyzes the internal logic of the upeti system in Indonesian irrigation and brings to light how corruption rules are shaped through complex socio-political relationships reflected in the organizational culture of the irrigation agency. Based on 100 interviews with water sector profe...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Mollinga, P.P.
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[Institutionalized corruption in Indonesian irrigation: an analysis of the upeti system]
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Institutionalized corruption in Indonesian irrigation: an analysis of the upeti system
Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internal...
Mollinga, P.P.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Merrey, Douglas J.
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[Politics, plurality and problemsheds: a strategic approach for reform of agricultural water resources management]
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Politics, plurality and problemsheds: a strategic approach for reform of agricultural water resources management