Dr. Namika Raby is a cultural anthropologist specializing in decision
making and the culture of access in development oriented public
organizations. Trained in irrigation management institutions under the
Professional Development Program, IWMI, and in Involuntary
re-settlement, at the World Bank, she has over twenty five years of
experience as a researcher and international consultant in the field of
joint management of water resources by public agencies and community
organizations in Sri Lanka, India, and the Philippines and current water
issues and management in California, USA. Her current work is on
governance and joint management of integrated water resources in large
scale irrigation systems and water basins.
Anthropology's Namika Raby, who says Gov. Jerry Brown's drought
emergency
declaration on Jan. 17 came just in time.