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    Water and energy futures in an urbanised Asia: sustaining the tiger

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2007
    This collaborative paper addresses the problems of water shortages in Asia. Focusing on urbanisation, it discusses China’s plan to lead the world in science and technology. It also proposes new modes of environmental governance that can be implemented in China and its neighbouring developing countries.
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    Manual on the right to water and sanitation

    Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2007
    There is growing interest among water and sanitation policy makers and practitioners in the contributions of human rights approaches to efforts to extend access to water and sanitation to all. Many actors in the water and sanitation sectors are now aware of human rights-based approaches to development, but are unfamiliar with the precise content of human rights standards.
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    Access to water - the impact of climate change on small municipalities

    Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007
    Although there are many uncertainties around quantitative assessments of climate change impact and water resource management, what is certain is that the climate is changing and this will have an effect on water resources.
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    Road safety and women’s commerce in Cameroon – cause for concern

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Women in Cameroon who buy goods in rural areas to sell at urban markets are known as ‘Bayam Salam’ women. The practice is important for many women’s income and economic independence. It is becoming more and more common as it requires little capital to start up this business.  However, the women are reliant on transport that is often unsafe.
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    Water tenure reform and public access to water as a basic need

    International Development Law Organisation, 2006
    Access to water is a widely debated topic as water scarcity is looming large before several developing countries. The traditional approach of water as a public good is giving way to reforms which consider water as an economic good. This paper critically reviews legal and policy issues around the changing approach to appropriation and access to water.
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    Water resources of the SADC: demands, dependencies and governance responses

    African Centre for Water Research, 2007
    Focusing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC), this paper provides a background to the region’s current and future water demands. It also takes a close look at the associated economic, environmental and political challenges.
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    African Centre for Water Research (ACWR)

    The African Centre for Water Research (ACWR) is an independent research and capacity building organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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    Water requirements of floodplain rivers and fisheries: existing decision support tools and pathways for development

    International Water Management Institute, 2007
    Fisheries are some of the most valuable natural resources that depend upon natural regimes of
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    Political incumbency and drought relief in Africa

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
    This paper examines the reasoning behind some African governments' selection of policies of universal food relief, when others adopt food or cash-for-work programmes in times of drought. It examines the key factors that shape policy selection by political leaderships.
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    Integrating 'livelihoods' into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
    Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is now the dominant paradigm for water management in both rich and poor countries. This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of IWRM from a livelihoods perspective. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM.

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