Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge and thank the following people for their valuable assistance during the preparation of this report:

• Tom Brabben, Audrey Nepveu de Villemarceau, and Arumugam Kandiah, IPTRID, Land and Water Development Division, FAO, Rome
• Officers of the Water Resources Development and Management Service, FAO, Rome, particularly Reto Florin, Martin Smith and Nico VanLeeuwen
• Michael Fitzpatrick, Amadou Soumaila and Abdul Kobakiwal, FAO, Rome
• Jean Payen, Irrigation Adviser, IFAD, Rome
• Ed Perry, Enterprise Works Worldwide, Washington DC, USA
• Peter Raymond, INPIM, Washington DC, USA
• Fernando Gonzalez, Geert Diemer and Itaru Minami of the Rural Development Department, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
• Jaap van de Pol and Volker Branscheid, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
• Richard Carter, Cranfield University, UK
• Gez Cornish, HR Wallingford, UK

This paper was prepared in response to a request from Fernando Gonzalez, Senior Irrigation Adviser in the World Bank. IPTRID gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the World Bank.