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Creating legal space forwater user organizations: transparency, governance and the law

Year of publication 2009

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 120 p.

Author Hodgson, S.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-106406-1

Series title FAO Legislative Study

Series number 100

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication describes the experience of a number of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with crafting regulatory frameworks for irrigation water users’ organizations. It also seeks to distil a number of key regulatory requirements. As a result, this study serves as a design/drafting manual for policymakers and for drafters of legislation on water users’ organizations.

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