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Donald Campbell

WORLD BANK TECHNICAL PAPER NUMBER 256
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SERIES

The World Bank
Washington, D.C.

Copyright © 1995 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.

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First printing April 1995

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ISSN: 0253-7494

Donald Campbell is a consultant to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the World Bank.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Campbell, D. E.

Design and operation of smallholder irrigation in South Asia / Donald Campbell.
p. cm. - (World Bank technical paper, ISSN 0253-7494;
256. Irrigation and drainage)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-8213-2995-2
1. Irrigation engineering - South Asia. 2. Irrigation - South Asia - Management. 3. Farms, Small - South Asia. I. Title. II. Series: World Bank technical paper; 256. III. Series: World Bank technical paper. Irrigation and drainage series.

TC903.9.C36 1994
627'.52 - dc20 94-29953
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