REHABILITATION OF CPRS THROUGH RE-CRAFTING OF VILLAGE INSTITUTIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY FROM ETHIOPIA AND INDIA Paper presented at the eighth biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Bloomington, Indiana, May 31 – June 4, 2000 Wisborg, Poul 1 ; Shylendra, H. S. 2 ; Gebrehiwot, Kindeya 3 ; Shanker, Ravi 4 ; Tilahun, Yibabie 5 ; Nagothu, Udaya Sekhar 1 ; Tewoldeberhan, Sarah 3; Bose, Purabi 4 ; Triangular Institutional Co-operation between Ethiopia, India and Norway: Fostering South-South Links in the Management of Natural Resources in Semi-arid Areas 1 Noragric, Centre for International Environment and Development Studies, Agricultural University of Norway. 2 Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, India 3 Mekelle University College (MUC), Tigray, Ethiopia 4 N. M. Sadguru Water and Development Foundation (SWDF), Gujarat, India 5 Relief Society of Tigray (REST), Tigray, Ethiopia