infrastructure, 11, 25, 91, 148, 247, 261

inheritance, 28, 31, 105, 107, 199, 203–204, 206–209, 236–237, 257

inheritance laws, 203, 257

in-laws, 138, 150, 205–207, 209

institutional

arrangements, 67

environment, 64

framework, 26–27, 30, 37–38, 81

theories, 55–56, 254

intercommunity conflicts, 234

interdependence, 243

interest capture, 5

interface, 243

intermarriages, 204

internal renewable water resources (IRWR), 20

international organizations, 227, 264

intrahousehold resource allocation, 8

investments, 35, 61, 172, 199, 261

irrigated crop, 97, 216

irrigating, 1, 29, 121, 194

irrigation potential, 23–24

irrigation water, 8, 41, 71, 95, 156–160, 165–167, 173, 176, 178, 216, 251, 258

irrigators, 78

Islamic law, 203

joint occupancy, 200

key informants, 70, 77, 81, 83, 149, 170, 178, 201, 245–246, 254

kinship ties, 6

labor force, 19, 196, 197, 198

lakes, 10, 19–22, 27

land

Act, 32, 200–202, 209, 257, 273, 291, 324–325, 327

disputes, 236–238

occupation, 200

ownership, 28, 111, 200–201, 224

policy, 26–28, 31, 272, 325

resources, 28, 36

rights, 28, 31–32, 34, 36, 97, 105, 119, 172, 178, 199–200, 202, 238–239, 247, 251

scarcity, 52

tenure, 7–8, 31–32, 37, 105, 170

title, 172, 176

titling, 199

land-related conflicts, 96, 232, 236, 239

language, 72, 76, 80, 82, 129, 234

latrine, 186

laws, 3–6, 8, 11, 15, 28–33, 39, 59–63, 65, 67, 69, 72–73, 79–81, 83, 85–91, 93–98, 102, 110, 114, 116, 120–121, 128–130, 133–134, 136–138, 142–144, 147–150, 155, 157–161, 164–167, 169–170, 172–173, 175–180, 182–190, 193, 196, 199, 201–209, 217, 225, 229, 232–234, 236, 240–252, 255–258, 260–263, 265

legal

authority, 35

pluralism, 3, 97

reform, 229, 264

rights, 36

systems, 3–4, 27, 203–204, 229

literacy rate, 198

live fence, 160, 169–171, 176, 178

livelihood strategies, 90, 93