Water
- Formal and informal governance in rural India
- Kripa AnanthPur / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- There are several reports of atrocities committed by village councils against low-caste people and women in India. These councils often deal out harsh punishments to villagers who disobey recognised social behaviour, especially those ...
- Exploration of the relationship between poor freshwater access and destitution
- J.N.K. Mugambi; G. Kebreab / Norwegian Church Aid, 2005
- Freshwater supply is not a priority of the rich countries in their development agendas for the poor countries. Yet this paper suggests that it is the most important indicator of destitution. This paper argues that it is necessary for ...
- A common policy effort is required to prevent water conflicts in Central Asia
- A. Kholiki; N. Rakhimov / The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ka, 2003
- This paper analyses the problem of water resource sharing in Central Asia. The authors consider this problem to be especially important, since they believe that the struggle for control over water resources will be one of the main cau...
- Meeting the different needs of livestock farmers in Tanzania
- A.D. Maeda Muchango / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- Traditional livestock production systems are economically vital in many countries in Africa, but are often poorly understood. In Tanzania, men and women play different roles in the management and ownership of cattle, goats, chicken an...
- Increasing women’s role in food security in Africa
- Agnes R. Quisumbing; Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick; Lisa C. Smith / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- Women play a key role in securing food throughout Africa, yet local customs and legal institutions often discriminate against women, denying them access to land, resources, education and public services. Healthcare is also an issue, p...
- Are the water and sanitation MDGs attainable?
- United Nations [UN] University Millennium Project, 2005
- This report, produced by the United Nations Millennium Project, is targeted primarily at the policy and technical communities concerned with the achievement of the water supply and sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The r...
- Crystal clear? Treatment product that improves water clarity could encourage behaviour change
- J. M. Rangel; B. Lopez; M. A. Mejia; C. Mendoza / Journal of Water and Health, 2003
- This article, published in the Journal of Water and Health, examines the impact of a new combined technology water treatment product on drinking water quality in rural Guatemala. It reports on a study that compared the efficacy of the...
- Ensuring the quality of irrigation water used by peri-urban farmers
- J. Hide; C. Hide; J. Kimani / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Peri-urban farmers often irrigate their crops with water from rivers that run through towns. This water may be heavily polluted with untreated household and industrial waste. There are potential health threats to farmers and consumers...
- Tackling Indias rural water crisis: new developments in managing water supplies
- Bharat Kakade; Himanshu Kulkarni; Adwaita Marathe; Kiran Petare; Ganesh Neelam; Pradeep Nagargoje / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Problems with drinking water amongst rural communities in India are increasing, especially during the summer months. Water shortages and poor water quality are affecting the health and farming activities of the rural poor. New approac...
- Sustainable solutions to improve environmental and human health
- John Beddington; Christopher Floyd / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Agriculture is the most important user of environmental services, including water, forests, pastures, soil and nutrients. Poorly managed agriculture can lead to environmental degradation and pollution, deplete natural resources and co...
- Efficiency and equity considerations in pricing and allocating irrigation water
- Yacov Tsur; Ariel Dinar / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- Pricing of water may affect allocation considerations by users. Efficiency is attainable whenever the pricing method affects the demand for irrigation water. The extent to which water pricing methods can affect income redistribution i...
- Directory of donor agencies funding water supply and sanitation projects.
- Global Applied Research Network in Water Supply and Sanitation, 1999
- Provides an overview of the main agencies funding applied research in the water supply and sanitation sector. Contains a review of the key players in the funding of applied research, the criteria they apply, fields of interest and con...
- Economic Regulation of Water Companies
- Michael Klein / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
- The key to effective regulation of water companies is to generate information that allows the regulator to make good rules and allows the interest groups to watch out for improprieties by the regulator. Both public and private ...
- Water tenure in Kenya and Tanzania: what is the role of community responses and legal regimes?
- C. Huggins / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper looks at the water policy of Tanzania, and makes comparisons with the situation in Kenya. It focuses especially on recent attempts to move towards a participatory, demand-management approach to rural water supply. This focu...
- Do Cross-Subsidies Help the Poor to Benefit from Water and Wastewater Services?: Lessons from Guayaquil, Ecuador
- G. Yepes / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 1999
- Tariff policy in many countries is often driven by the understandable desire to assure that the poor have access to reliable water and sewerage services which leads, in turn to a system of cross-subsidies. The water utility charges lo...
- The Potential and the Limits of Private Water Providers: Independent Sellers in Francophone Africa
- B. Collignon / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 1999
- Suggests that the small scale operator may enjoy an advantage when it comes to providing services in smaller settlements where the national operator with a single service delivery system rarely breaks even. Describes the nature and ty...
- Small Scale Water Providers in Paraguay
- F. Troyano / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 1999
- While many countries in Latin America are experimenting with the new concept of private provision of water supply service, Paraguay has for some time been the ground for another type of experiment: the free entry mode of service provi...
- Water Insecurity and the Poor: Issues and Research Needs
- P. Webb; M. Iskandarani / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 1998
- The problems of water insecurity can be grouped under three main headings: availability, access and usage. In the framework of a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of water problems, the paper elaborates on these three element...
- Formal and Informal Markets for Water: Institutions, Performance, and Constraints
- W. Easter; M.W. Rosegrant; A. Dinar / World Bank Research Observer, 1999
- Water markets—either formal or informal—can be an efficient method for reallocating scarce water supplies. At the same time certain constraints can raise the transaction costs of trading water. This paper reviews the conditi...
- Handbook on the Economic Analysis of Water Supply Projects
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 1999
- Practical manual with numerous illustrations and numerical calculations. Written for non-economists (planners, engineers, financial analysts, sociologists) involved in the planning, preparation, implementation, and management of water...
- Trisanita
- Platform for international peer-reviewed journals focusing on sanitation published in Indonesia.
- Asia-Pacific Water Forum
- The Asia-Pacific Water Forum is an independent network which supports the integration of water resources management into socio-economic development processes.
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- UNESCO-IHE is an international institute for water education.
- Global Water Forum
- The Global Water Forum is a knowledge sharing platform focusing on current water challenges.
- University of Malawi (UNIMA)
- Teaching and research university. Departments include: Centre For Reproductive Health (CRH) Centre For Social Research (CSR) Education Research And Training (CERT) Gender Studies Unit Language Studies Unit (CLS) Research Support Centre (RSC) Water, Sanitation, Health And Appropriate Technol...
- Healthy Reefs Initiative
- Healthy Reefs for Healthy People is a collaborative international initiative that generates user-friendly tools to measure the health of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem, and delivers scientifically credible reports to improve decision-making that effectively sustain social and ecosystem well-being.
- India Water Portal
- The India Water Portal is an open, inclusive, web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of practitioners and citizens who have worked on water issues and themes, and use the internet to disseminate this information and knowledge, to a wider audience.
- Water Alternatives (WaA)
- Free online journal on water issues
- Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health, and Appropriate Technology Development (University of Malawi) (WASHTED)
- Malawian water and environment research unit
