Water
- 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...
- Inspections and emissions in India : puzzling survey evidence on industrial water pollution
- Sheoli Pargal; Muthukumara Mani; Mainul Huq / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- In a sample of industrial plants in India, direct community pressure on plants does not appear to play a major role in reducing emissions. Nor do formal inspections, possibly because of the low probability of enforcement and the low p...
- DFID guidance manual on water supply and sanitation programmes
- Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 1998
- The Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned this Guidance Manual toassist staff and partners to develop effective and sustainable water supply and sanitation programmes. The Manual comprises three chapters and app...
- Policy recommendations and strategies for improving the Tanzanian irrigation sector
- Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 1997
- This article addresses the importance on increasing the acreage of land under irrigation within Tanzania, in order to increase food output, poverty reduction and exports.Policy recommendations within the irrigation sub-sector: ...
- Improving the operation of urban water supply systems in India: a discussion of unaccounted for water
- US Agency for International Development, 2000
- Project report from the Indo-US FIRE(D) project which aims to institutionalise the delivery of commercially viable urban infrastructure and services at the state, regional and national levels. Looks at the problem of unaccounted for w...
- How does a political ecology perspective enrich understandings of water management
- B. Derman; A. Ferguson / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2000
- This article explores water reforms in Southern Africa in general and in Zimbabwe in particular. The article argues that water reform constitutes a relevant site to examine the strengths and weaknesses of political ecology. The...
- Are Bangkok residents willing to pay extra money in order to increase the water quality of the Chao Phraya river?
- C. Tapvong; J. Kruavan / IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 2000
- To assess how much the cleanliness of the Chao Phraya river is worth to the residents of Bangkok, this study estimates the willingness of Bangkok residents to pay for improved water quality by conducting a contingent v...
- Getting the private sector involved in water: what to do in the poorest of countries (WB)
- Private Sector Development Department, World Bank, 1999
- Water security and climate resilient development: investing in water security for growth and development
- Global Water Partnership, 2012
- This technical paper has been produced by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) to support the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilience Development, developed by the African Union th...
- Paper discussing climate change impacts on water resources in the tropical Andes
- M. Vuille / Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank, 2013
- Produced by the Inter-American Development Bank, this paper focuses on the effects of climate change on water resources in the tropical Andes. It begins by looking at recent trends in temperature and precipitation and the various atte...
- Report on the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on electricity generation in Malawi
- C. S. Kaunda; F. Mtalo / International Energy and Environment Foundation, 2013
- This paper explores the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on electricity generation in Malawi. Hydropower provides almost all of the country's electricity; a reliance on freshwater supply makes it a highly vulner...
- Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models
- W. Guoqing; R. Calow / Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting t...
- Carbon stocks of tropical coastal wetlands within the karstic landscape of the Mexican Caribbean
- M. F. Adame; J. B. Kauffman; I. Medina / PLoS ONE, 2013
- As one of the most carbon (C) rich ecosystems in the world, the conservation and restoration of tropical wetlands represent a priority for climate change mitigation. Deforestation, agri/aqua culture conversion, pollution and coastal d...
- Latin America and the Caribbean may well close the gap in water supply, but strategising an integrated development of water is a prerequisite
- A. Mejía; B. Requena; D. Rivera / Development bank of Latin America, 2012
- The regional context presents an unprecedented opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to close the infrastructure gap in water supply and sanitation services over the next 20 years. However, an important part of LAC urb...
- Report on fieldwork from around the world documenting loss and damage due to climate change
- K. Warner; K. van der Geest; S. Kreft / United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
- This study presents empirical findings from fieldwork around the world examining loss and damage caused by global warming. The report begins by defining and contextualising the emerging discourse on assessing, quantifying and reacting...
- Climate-change mitigation and adaptation in small island developing states: the case of rainwater harvesting in Jamaica
- Marilyn Waite / Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2012
- This essay looks at climate change impacts on small island developing states (SIDS). It argues that climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies must be developed to cope with changes such as shifting precipitation patterns, in...
- Water Supply of Dhaka City: Murky Future The Issue of Access and Inequality
- A.F.M.A. Uddin / Unnayan Onneshan, 2011
- To address the existing problems of water demand and supply, and to draw future scenarios, the current study has employed both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Particular attention has been given to elucidate access a...
- Safe drinking water: who is willing to pay the price?
- C. Chapoy (ed); C. Null / International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2012
- This briefing, the second issue of the Evidence Matters series, distills policy relevant evidence from a recent 3ie systematic review ‘Willingness to pay for cleaner water in less developed countries". The review summarises rese...
- 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
