| dc.contributor.author |
Chambers, Robert |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-08-01T18:55:36Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-08-01T18:55:36Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9024 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"As a researcher in South Asia in the early 1970s, I was allowed to be seduced by the (then) neglected topic of water management and small-scale irrigation, which opened the door to a whole orchard of low-hanging fruit, much of it to be plucked simply by wandering around. This led later to time working on canal and other irrigation with the Ford Foundation in Delhi. There I was bemused by the close agreement of the World Bank and the Indian Government, dishonest research, and absurdly impractical policies, until I began to understand the relationships and interests at play, my earlier naiveté justifying a consultant saying 'you have to understand, this is India.' This was an India I did not wish to recognise. With hindsight, I regret my reticence and timidity: whistleblowers are needed." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
research |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
water management |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
World Bank |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
irrigation |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
canals |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Ignorance, Error and Myth in South Asian Irrigation: Critical Reflections on Experience |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Journal Article |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
published |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Middle East & South Asia |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
India, Sri Lanka |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Water Resource & Irrigation |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationjournal |
Water Alternatives |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationvolume |
6 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationpages |
154-167 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationnumber |
2 |
en_US |