Improving productivity and incomes in rainfed areas is a major challenge in India, and a key to achieving this is improving the use of land and water which are the principal constraints in these areas. A major initiative through which this is pursued in India is Watershed Development (WSD)...

pt. 1. Theoretical dimensions of institutional analysis -- pt. 2. Water resource development and management in India -- pt. 3. Water institutions and their performance in three states in India -- pt. 4. Policy implications of institutional analysis.