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1 Raut, M.; Shah, R. C. 1992. Participatory management - Farmers experience. In Pant, S. R.; Valera, A.; Pradhan, U. (Eds.) Proceedings of the National Workshop on Participatory Management in Agency-managed Irrigation Systems in Nepal, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal, 29-30 April 1992. Kathmandu, Nepal: IIMI. Nepal Field Operations. pp.103-108.
Farmer participation ; Farmers' attitudes ; Water user associations ; Farmer-agency interactions / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G726 PAN Record No: H011551)
2 Bastakoti, Ram C.; Sugden, Fraser; Raut, M.; Shrestha, S. 2017. Key constraints and collective action challenges for groundwater governance in the eastern Gangetic Plains. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.131-142. (Earthscan Water Text)
Collective action ; Groundwater ; Water governance ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water availability ; Shallow tube wells ; Deep tube wells ; River basins ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water use ; Farmers ; Land ownership ; Pumps / India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Nepal / Bihar / West Bengal / Gangetic Plains / Indus-Ganges Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048354)
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3 Rajouria, A.; Wallace, T.; Joshi, Deepa; Raut, M.. 2022. Functionality of rural community water supply systems and collective action: a case of Guras Rural Municipality, Karnali Province. Nepal Public Policy Review, 2:317-338. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/nppr.v2i1.48684]
Water supply ; Collective action ; Rural communities ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water user groups ; Gender ; Social inclusion ; Women ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Drinking water ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Policies / Nepal / Karnali / Dailekh / Guras Rural Municipality
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051437)
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Ensuring the long-term functionality of community-managed rural water supply systems has been a persistent development challenge. It is well established that the technicalities of keeping the systems going are impacted by complex political, social, financial, and institutional challenges. While the shift to federal, three-tiered governance allocates concurrent responsibility for drinking water management to the local government with federal and provincial governments, water and sanitation user groups continue to shoulder the management of local supply systems voluntarily. All three levels have jurisdiction over water-related services resulting in confusion of roles. This study focuses on the local level, where community management of water and sanitation decentralisation is the key approach in this complex tangle of diverse institutions with different actors managing and governing water. User Groups and their Committees in the Guras Rural Municipality of Dailekh district, Karnali province, in West Nepal, provided the case study, which was analysed using Ostrom's well-recognised Eight Principles for Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool Resources. The community-based model, established formally through the Water Resource Act 1992 (2049 BS), is critically analysed in light of the changing socioeconomic context through the intervening years. The results highlight the need for stronger collaboration between the rural municipality and users to achieve good water supplies and the risks of losing access and voice in water management for women and marginalised people when inactive user groups are replaced by private or group interests taking control of the water access.
4 Raut, M.; Rajouria, Alok. 2022. Rural water supply systems in Nepal: factors affecting equitable access to water. New Angle: Nepal Journal of Social Science and Public Policy, 8(1):1-20. (Special issue: Understanding the Changing Livelihoods, Vulnerability and COVID-19 Pandemic) [doi: https://doi.org/10.53037/na.v8i1.65]
Water supply ; Rural communities ; Water availability ; Equity ; Water management ; Gender equality ; Social inclusion ; Women ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; COVID-19 ; Water user groups ; Institutions ; Civil society organizations ; Governance ; Households ; Case studies / Nepal / Dailekh / Sarlahi / Gurans Rural Municipality / Chandranagar Rural Municipality
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052327)
https://newangle.sias-southasia.org/index.php/new/article/view/65/67
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052327.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052327.pdf
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Equity in rural water supply systems has been a major concern of users, policymakers, and practitioners in Nepal. Communities continue to face persistent inequities in access to safe water amid the changing livelihood environment due to migration, the transition to federalism, and entrenched social hierarchies. In this situation, increasing competition for water, a resource that continues to diminish due to natural and anthropogenic causes, has aggravated disparities in access. It is usually the poor and marginalised groups who are disproportionately affected. The long-standing factors hindering equitable access to an adequate water supply amidst the COVID-19 pandemic when water is necessary for handwashing needs a sustainable resolution. Based on the learnings of a three-year research project that aimed to understand the role of gender and power dynamics in the functionality of community water systems, this paper provides insights into collective water management practices and equity amidst the pandemic. Evidence from the study shows deficiencies in community institutions created for inclusive and sustainable management of local water sources. The paper argues that achieving gender and social inclusion in community water management requires going beyond the implementation of prescribed quotas for women and under represented minority groups. Our learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the importance of equitable access to safe water and emphasise how low-income households are at higher risk of contracting the virus through shared water infrastructures. A household survey, together with a mix of qualitative methods, were the primary sources of data. Based on data from the case study sites—Ward No. 8, Gurans Rural Municipality, Dailekh district and Ward No. 6, Chandranagar Rural Municipality, Sarlahi district—we conclude that changing socio-economic contexts, prevailing social norms and practices, and premature and frequent infrastructure breakdown are barriers to fair and equitable access to water, and that local governments’ enhanced authority is a new opportunity.
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