An impact evaluation of India's second and third Andhra Pradesh irrigation projects : a case of poverty reduction with low economic returns.

Irrigation has made a major contribution to poverty reduction in the past decades, enabling higher yields and better nutrition. Despite these achievements, large-scale irrigation schemes have usually yielded low returns and attracted negative publicity because of their adverse environmental and soci...

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Corporate Author: World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group
Other Authors: White, Howard, 1960-, Masset, Edoardo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, 2008.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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