Water Governance in the Kyrgyz Agricultural Sector German Development Institute (DIE) The German Development Institute is a multidisciplinary research, consultancy, and training institute for Germany’s bilateral development cooperation as well as for multilateral development cooperation. On the basis of independent research, it acts as consultant to public institutions in Germany and abroad on current issues of cooperation between developed and developing countries. In a 9-month training course, the German Development Institute prepares German and European university graduates for careers in the field of development policy. Elke Herrfahrdt, economist, German Development Institute (DIE) E-Mail:
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[email protected] Studies Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik 14 Water governance in the Kyrgyz agricultural sector: on its way to Integrated Water Resource Management? Elke Herrfahrdt Martin Kipping Tanja Pickardt Mathias Polak Caroline Rohrer Carl Felix Wolff Bonn 2006 Studies / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik ISSN 1860-0468