Water supply
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- Successful Vietnamese programme for rural water supply relied on policy dialogue and government leadership
- ( Australian Agency for International Development , 2011)
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National Target Program 2 (NTP2) for rural water supply and sanitation is a part of the Vietnamese government’s national strategy to help poor and vulnerable households. This paper reviews th...
- Investments and strategic challenges in large- and small-scale irrigation in Africa
- ( L. You;C. Ringler;G. Nelson / AgEcon Search , 2010)
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Irrigation in Africa has the potential to boost agricultural productiviy by at least 50 percent, but at the moment, food production is almost entirely rainfed. This paper analyses large, dam-based ...
- Preventing the damages brought on by food and water scarcity
- ( M. W. Rosegrant;X. Cai;S. A. Cline / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2002)
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Lessons from a successful adaptive water management project.
- ( M. Lannerstad (ed);D. Molden (ed) / International Water Management Institute , 2009)
This study explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Management (AM) based on a detailed field study on the development and use of water resources in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP). The pr...
- How can environmental change impact energy generation?
- ( C. Paskal (ed) / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2009)
- Energy generation, extraction, refining, processing and distribution require a multifaceted global infrastructure. However, much of that infrastructure lies in areas that may become increasingly physi...
- Mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes: a training manual for water professionals
- ( Gender and Water Alliance , 2009)
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The training manual on mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes is an integrated approach to both gender and WASH issues. It aims to provide participatory gend...
- Is private sector participation the best measure?
- ( H. Gunatilake (ed);M., F. Carangal–San Jose (ed) / Asian Development Bank , 2008)
- This paper examines the experiences of private sector participation (PSP) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector. The paper argues that publicly owned water utilities have not always been suc...
- What does water as a human right mean in the Middle East and North Africa region?
- ( A.K. Biswas (ed);E. Rached (ed);C. Tortajada (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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In 1992, a United Nations declaration proclaimed water as a human right. However, the water profession and the vast majority of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have no...
- How does access to clean water and sanitation affect women?
- ( Pambazuka , 2008)
- Women and children are the first to suffer from the disruption of water supply and the provision of sanitation services. This collection of four essays examines different issues faced in the provision...
- The extent of flouride presence in Malawi's groundwater reserves
- ( S.M.I. Sajidu;W.R.L. Masamba;B. Thole;J.F. Mwatseteza / Academic Journals , 2008)
- Various natural and anthropogenic ecological factors pollute groundwater because of deep percolation from intensively cultivated fields, disposal of hazardous wastes, liquid and solid wastes from indu...
