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  Lake Victoria Basin: atlas of our changing environment

  GRID Arendal, 2017

  Draining an area of 194,200 km2, Lake Victoria Basin is one of East Africa’s most prominent landmarks. It not only provides the headwaters of the White Nile but is also central to the development and regional integration of the East Africa Community.
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  Introduction to the special Issue: Flows and practices: the politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Southern Africa

  Water Alternatives, 2016

  For the past two decades, IWRM has been actively promoted by water experts as well as multilateral and bilateral donors  who have considered it to be a crucial way to address global  water management problems.
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  Flows and practices: The politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa

  2016

  For the past two decades, IWRM has been actively promoted by water experts as well as multilateral and bilateral donors  who have considered it to be a crucial way to address global  water management problems.
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  Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field

  UN Women, 2015

  The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.
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  Norway’s municipal international cooperation - results achieved and lessons learnt

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2015

  Municipal International Cooperation (1997-2014) was a programme involving municipalities in Norway and the Global South. It was managed by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This report sums up results and identifies lessons to be learnt for a possible future scheme.
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  'Troubled waters’ sustaining Uganda’s Lake Victoria Nile perch fishery

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011

  Lake Victoria supports one of the largest freshwater fisheries in the world. It is a critical source of food and income for the countries bordering the lake: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. However, like so many fisheries, the sustainability of this resource is threatened by poor governance, a rapid increase in fishing pressure and widespread illegal practices.
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  Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate

  Arid Lands Information Network, 2009

  Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding, and the increasing scarcity of water on the African continent.
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  Water provision as a peacebuilding tool: Developing a conflict-sensitive approach to water delivery in Uganda

  Saferworld, 2008
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  Is water lagging behind on aid effectiveness? Lessons from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda

  Overseas Development Institute, 2008

  This paper reviews the extent to which the five Paris Principles (PPs) on Aid Effectiveness (AE) are being applied in the water and sanitation sector. Comparisons are made between the water, health and education sectors. The five principles as set out in the Paris Declaration (PD) on AE are: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, managing for results and mutual accountability.
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  Water and conflict: making water delivery conflict-sensitive in Uganda

  Saferworld, 2008

  Water projects have, arguably, the greatest potential to create conflict in development programmes. Not only is water central to health, sanitation and agrarian livelihoods but it can contribute to other conflict dynamics such as land or grazing rights.

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