Comparative Technology Transfer and Society

Abdullaev, Iskandar.
Kazbekov, Jusipbek.
Notes from the Field
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society - Volume 4, Number 3, December 2006, pp. 302-304

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Iskandar Abdullaev and Jusipbek Kazbekov - Notes from the Field - Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 4:3 Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 4.3 (2006) 302-304 Muse Search Journals This Journal Contents Notes from the Field Iskandar Abdullaev International Water Management Institute, Central Asia Jusipbek Kazbekov International Water Management Institute, Central Asia In their article on "The Transfer of Governance Technology: The Case of Water User Associations in Uzbekistan," Pierce et al. (2006) examine the role of local and regional Water User Associations (WUAs), which are designed to provide a formal mechanism to give local voice to national and regional water policy issues in the technology transfer process. They state that because the local WUAs are the vehicle for resource allocations and that the reform by the Uzbek government devolved authority to the local WUAs, occupational and general trust levels are higher and, therefore, success in technology transfer is more assured. This article presents an accurate, if optimistic, view of the role of WUAs in the region. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, each nation in Central Asia undertook its own agricultural, land, and water reforms to subdivide large agricultural farms...