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Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field
UN Women, 2015The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.DocumentMainstreaming anti-corruption initiatives: development of a water sector strategy in Mozambique
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2014Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, yet the strategic prioritization of sector anti-corruption initiatives is still the exception. The National Water Directorate in Mozambique is one of the few public sector departments in the world known to have allocated its own resources to developing a sector-specific anti-corruption strategy.DocumentMapping of integrity and accountability in water activities and relevant capacities in the SADC region
Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008Enhancing governance in the water sector through improved integrity, accountability, and the application of anti-corruption measures constitute important tools for achieving poverty reduction and improving sustainable management of water resources. These form fundamental elements of the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).DocumentShare – Managing water across boundaries
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008Nations share more than 260 international river basins which cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface. As demand for water grows in all countries, these shared resources will increasingly be drawn upon to meet the competing needs of billions of people for drinking water, food, energy, and industrial production.DocumentReflections from South Africa on a possible benefit-sharing approach for transboundary waters
Water Alternatives, 2008The concept of benefit‐sharing is emerging with great intensity in the international discourse on transboundary water resource management.This paper seeks to record a thought process involving nine distinct differences between what can be called a 'traditional' water resources management paradigm, and a possible new benefit‐sharing approach.DocumentGlobal corruption report 2008: corruption in the water sector
Transparency International, 2008Divided into three parts, this collaborative work looks at the varied challenges brought about as a result of corruption in the water sector. It also looks at recent research conducted and provides an overview of the water sector corruption challenges in country profiles across the globe.DocumentMaking the most of scarcity: accountability for better water management results in the Middle East and North Africa
World Bank, 2008Part of a series of development reports, this paper highlights the key challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). In particular, it aims to show how water is integrated into the wider economic policies of the countries of the region and for that reason, it brings water issues to non-water specialists, addressing a multi-sectoral audience.DocumentAbout corruption and transparency in the water and sanitation sector
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2006Corruption undermines water and sanitation services. Ultimately, it is the poor who are systematically deprived by corrupt systems. This paper provides a brief overview of the issues, approaches and information resources for the water and sanitation sector.DocumentGovernance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor
Human Settlements Programme, 2006This working paper examines issues related to the governance of private sector water and sanitation services.The author reviews a number of related issues, including:urban water and sanitation issues and the Millennium Development Goalsmisleading controversies over private versus public provision of water and sanitationthe principles of water governance and the dangers of promotDocumentDecentralization and service delivery
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2005Dissatisfied with centralised approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralising responsibility for these services to lower- level, locally elected governments, with mixed results.