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Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects

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  1. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, East-West Road 1910, Sherman Lab 118, Honolulu, HI, 96822-2279, USA

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  2. Third World Centre for Water Management, Avenida Manantial Oriente 27 Los Clubes, Atizapan, Estado de México, 52958, Mexico

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Turton, A.R., Earle, A. (2005). Institutions in South African International River Basins. In: Gopalakrishnan, C., Biswas, A.K., Tortajada, C. (eds) Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects. Water Resources Development and Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26567-8_7

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