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1 Ahmad, Q. K.; Biswas, A. K.; Rangachari, R.; Sainju, M. M. (Eds.) 2001. Ganges – Brahmaputra – Meghna region: a framework for sustainable development. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited. 208p.
Water resources development ; River basins ; Treaties ; Water policy ; Socioeconomic development ; Flooding ; Flood control ; Water power ; Gender ; Dams ; Food security ; Water supply / Bangladesh / Bhutan / China / India / Nepal / Ganges / Brahmaputra / Barak / Meghna / Himalaya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G570 AHM Record No: H040934)
2 Rangachari, R.; Verghese, B. G. 2001. Making water work to translate poverty into prosperity: the Ganga – Brahmaputra – Barak region. In Ahmad, Q. K.; Biswas, A. K.; Rangachari, R.; Sainju, M. M. (Eds.). Ganges – Brahmaputra – Meghna region: a framework for sustainable development. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited. pp.81-142.
Rivers ; Water management ; Socioeconomic development ; Rural development ; Population growth ; Water power ; Waterway transport ; Inland water transport ; Flooding ; Dams ; Water storage ; Treaties / South Asia / India / Nepal / Bhutan / Bangladesh / Ganga / Brahmaputra / Barak
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G570 AHM Record No: H040936)
3 Cullet, P. 2009. Water law, poverty, and development: water sector reforms in India. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 241p.
Water law ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Poverty ; Water resource management ; State intervention ; Groundwater ; Human rights ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Water users ; Socioeconomic development ; Economic aspects ; Privatization ; Financial institutions ; Irrigation management ; Water user associations ; Participatory management ; Rural areas / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 CUT Record No: H043410)
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4 Worldwatch Institute. 2010. 2010 State of the world: transforming cultures from consumerism to sustainability: a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. New York, NY, USA: W. W. Norton. 244p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043864)
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5 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Y. (Comps.) 2011. Irrigation and water for sustainable development: proceedings of the Second Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 December 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 264p.
Sustainable development ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation water ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation systems ; Supplemental irrigation ; Land management ; Land use ; Investment ; Case studies ; Government policy ; Rural poverty ; Groundwater ; Small scale systems ; Socioeconomic development ; Economic aspects ; Economic growth ; Income ; Water management ; Water resources development ; Water harvesting ; Water supply ; Public policy ; Agricultural production ; Developing countries ; Public-private cooperation ; History ; Case studies ; River basins ; Crop production / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044259)
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6 Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2011. Water-centered growth challenges, innovations and interventions in Ethiopia. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Y. (Comps.). Irrigation and water for sustainable development: proceedings of the Second Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 December 2008. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.18-42.
Water management ; Water resources ; Socioeconomic development ; Sustainable development ; Policy ; Rural poverty ; Rain ; Agricultural production ; Yields ; Food insecurity ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; Degradation ; Institutions / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044260)
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Ethiopia’s economy and majority of the people’s livelihoods are dependent on agriculture. To develop the socioeconomy of Ethiopia and eradicate poverty, the policy and interventions should focus on agriculture as an entry point. In line with this, the government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs and various institutions share the concepts and priorities identified in the “Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP).” There are key challenges that need to be strongly addressed on transforming agriculture by overcoming a multitude of problems including biophysical and water management issues to help achieve the targets of PASDEP and sustainable socioeconomic growth in Ethiopia. This particular paper aimed at addressing the water management challenges that Ethiopia has faced in the past and is facing today, and to stimulate ideas on how to manage water resources to meet the growing needs for agricultural products, to help reduce poverty and food insecurity, and to show how water can be used as an important entry point to transform its socio-economy and contribute to sustainable development and the environment. The issues discussed will focus on innovations, policies and technologies that enable better investment and management decisions in water use, particularly focusing on agriculture and irrigation but also briefly looking into other water-related subsectors such as hydropower, water supply, watershed, drought and flood management as well as other biophysical aspects. It has also been attempted to make the paper suitable for decision-makers rather than scientists, in order to raise useful ideas for dialogue and further discussions, studies and researches. The paper, therefore, does not claim exhaustiveness. The target audiences of this paper are the people who make the investment and management decisions in water and water management for agriculture, and other subsectors - agricultural producers, water managers, investors, policymakers and civil society. The paper has benefited from the review of key policy and strategy documents of Ethiopia, outputs of various outcomes of research, civil society meetings and workshops, data and information available in government institutions, and global knowledge. The key major issues that are discussed in the paper include the following: Socioeconomic development challenges of Ethiopia, viewed from a water resources perspective., The water resources endowment, development extent, potentials and economic/socioeconomic development linkages., Water-related innovations and agriculture., Water-related interventions in various agro-ecologies., Policy and strategy actions needed. This paper should also be viewed with other components such as river basin growth pole/corridor concept, institutional reform and research capacity building. It focuses on analyzing key problems and associated interventions, and can be applicable in the contexts of the current situation and the future possible reform under growth zones that can be taken as plausible pathways for development.
7 Sabatier, P. A. 2007. Theories of the policy process. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press. 344p.
Public policy ; Policy making ; Development policy ; Legal aspects ; Corporate culture ; Socioeconomic development ; Political systems ; Democracy ; Planning ; Government ; Decision making ; Models ; Collective action
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 320.6 G000 SAB Record No: H044300)
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8 Mekong River Commission Secretariat. 2002. Basin development plan: planning process. Draft working paper. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Mekong River Commission Secretariat. 108p. + annexes.
River basin development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Environmental management ; Development policy ; Agricultural policy ; Water policy ; Water law ; Economic development ; Poverty ; Flood control ; Rural development ; Urban development ; Socioeconomic development ; Governance ; Economic aspects / Cambodia / Laos / Thailand / Vietnam / Lower Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8094 Record No: H044510)
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9 Xenarios, Stefanos; Eguavoen, I.; McCartney, Matthew. 2012. A comparative socio-economic analysis of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the 2nd International Comparative Water Studies Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 20-21 January 2012. 20p.
Water storage ; Climate change ; Cost benefit analysis ; Socioeconomic development ; Case studies ; River basins / Ethiopia / Ghana / Blue Nile River Basin / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044690)
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The recent interest of international funding organizations for financing water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa as a response to anticipated climate change has revived the debate on more appropriate methodologies for welfare assessments. Increasingly, water storage construction is moving away from single objectives like simple irrigation or hydropower production to multiple purpose systems. The inclusion of other socially and environmental related aspects like poverty alleviation and sustenance of minimum ecological services becomes a highly demanding objective for most of the donors. The multi-objective purpose of water storage questions in turn impacts the scaling of a storage scheme as well as the effectiveness of larger versus smaller technical options.The prevailing monetary assessments of direct costs and benefits appear inefficient to capture the diversity of multi-objective targets and the scaling issue by often indicating sub-optimal solutions. The current study proposes an alternative methodological approach based on an outranking methodology equipped with a set of preference conditions and weighting indices. Though based on the underlying principle of economic efficiency, the approach avoids some crucial weaknesses of the mainstream analysis by giving higher attention to a wider range of criteria. The method was tested in six case studies in Ethiopia and Ghana where representative small and large water storage types of Sub-Saharan Africa (small dams, large dams, wells, river diversion, ponds and soil moisture) were assessed in comparison to each other and then evaluated with the help of ethnographic findings.
10 Kitissou, M.; Ndulo, M.; Nagel, M.; Grieco, M. (Eds.) 2007. The hydropolitics of Africa: a contemporary challenge. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. 344p.
Water resources development ; Water management ; Participatory management ; Water supply ; Water availability ; Water use ; Water policy ; Water rights ; Water law ; Drinking water ; Water demand ; Political aspects ; River basin management ; Watershed management ; History ; International waters ; Capacity building ; Watercourses ; Livestock ; Food security ; Environmental effects ; Reservoirs ; Wetlands ; Deserts ; Dams ; Deltas ; Economic development ; Socioeconomic development ; Rural areas ; Institutions ; Case studies ; International cooperation ; Poverty ; Sanitation ; Privatization / Africa / Ethiopia / Egypt / Sudan / Mali
/ Nile River Basin / Volta Basin / Senegal River Valley
/ Nile River Basin / Volta Basin / Senegal River Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 KIT Record No: H044804)
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11 Getnet, Kindie; Anullo, T. 2012. Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 83(2):181-198. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00460.x]
Agricultural cooperatives ; Organizations ; History ; Rural areas ; Rural development ; Poverty ; Farmers ; Households ; Income ; Costs ; Socioeconomic development ; Indicators / Ethiopia / Boricha district / Sidama zone
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044833)
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Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The finding shows that cooperatives improved the livelihoods of service user farmers through impacting better income, more savings and reduced input costs. In view of such evidence, further promotion, deepening and supporting of agricultural cooperatives is recommended.
12 Cai, Xueliang; Molden, David; Mainuddin, M.; Sharma, Bharat; Ahmad, M. D.; Karimi, Poolad. 2012. Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.280-300.
Water management ; Water productivity ; Water consumption ; Water use ; River basins ; Crop production ; Food security ; Assessment ; Sustainable development ; Socioeconomic development ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Climate change ; Evapotranspiration ; Irrigation / China / Southeast Asia / South Asia / Iran / Africa / Yellow River Basin / Mekong River Basin / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Karkheh River Basin / Nile River Basin / Limpopo River Basin / Niger River Basin / Volta River Basin / Andes River Basins
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044848)
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13 Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). 2012. International Training Course: Application of Space Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction. Lecture notes. Dehradun, India: Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). 432p.
Natural disasters ; Risk management ; Socioeconomic development ; Remote sensing ; Mapping ; Meteorology ; GIS ; Satellite surveys ; Forecasting ; Image processing ; Data analysis ; Global positioning systems ; Flooding ; Drought ; Monitoring ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Tsunamis ; Early warning systems ; Weather forecasting ; Hydrometeorology ; Space ; Technology
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.34 G000 CEN Record No: H044954)
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14 Allan, J. A. T. 2013. Food-water security: beyond water resources and the water sector. In Lankford, B.; Bakker, K.; Zeitoun, M.; Conway, D. (Eds.). Water security: principles, perspectives and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.321-335. (Earthscan Water Text Series)
Food security ; Food production ; Food supply ; Water security ; Water resources ; Domestic water ; Farmers ; Ecosystem services ; Socioeconomic development ; Climate change ; Demography
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G662 IND Record No: H046282)
15 Ranatunga, A. S.; Perera, M. P.; Gunawardene, A. M. T.; Abeysekera, W. A. T.; Perera, U. L. J. 1979. An analysis of the pre-Mahaweli situation in H4 and H5 areas in Kala-Oya basin. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Agrarian Research and Training Institute (ARTI) 125p. (ARTI Research Study 33)
River basins ; Households ; Income ; Manpower ; Livestock ; Rice ; Cultivation ; Crop yield ; Infrastructure ; Farming systems ; Fertilizer ; Pest control ; Disease control ; Farmland ; Rural areas ; Rural population ; Employment ; Socioeconomic development ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Farmers ; Highlands / Sri Lanka / Mahaweli River / Mahaweli H System / Kala Oya Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.483 G744 RAN Record No: H046315)
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16 Earle, A.; Jagerskog, A.; Ojendal, J. (Eds.) 2010. Transboundary water management: principles and practice. London, UK: Earthscan. 261p.
International waters ; Water management ; Water security ; Water policy ; Water law ; Water governance ; Watercourses ; Groundwater ; River basins ; Aquifers ; Stakeholders ; Conflict ; Environmental flows ; Socioeconomic development ; Business management ; Models ; Institutions ; Political aspects ; Case studies / Jordan / Africa / Europe / India / Pakistan / Canada / USA / Argentina / Brazil / Paraguay / Uruguay / China / Myanmar / Thailand / Laos / Cambodia / Vietnam / southern Africa / Jordan River Basin / Nile River Basin / Indus River Basin / Okavango River Basin / Danube River Basin / Dniester River Basin / La Plata River Basin / Guarani Aquifer / Mekong River / Orange-Senqu River Basin / Salween River / Umatilla River Basin / Senegal River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 EAR Record No: H046317)
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17 Polman, F. J.; Samad, M.; Thio, K. S. 1982. A demonstration of resource based socio-economic planning in Matara district. ARTI-Wageningen University Research Project in Agricultural Planning. Report 1 in Regional Planning for Agricultural Development in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Agrarian Research and Training Institute (ARTI). 247p. (ARTI Research study 47)
Agricultural development ; Natural resources ; Infrastructure ; Population growth ; Socioeconomic development ; Households ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Flood control ; Cultivation ; Rice ; Coconuts ; Tea ; Rubber ; Cinnamon ; Fertilizers ; Soil conservation ; Plant production ; Cropping systems ; Livestock ; Farming systems ; Domestic gardens ; Coastal area ; Small farms ; Medium size farms ; Labour requirements ; Exports ; Markets ; Prices ; Income ; Employment ; Unemployment ; Projects / Sri Lanka / Matara District / Nilwala River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.1 G744 POL Record No: H046342)
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18 Damayanthi, M. K. N.; Gamage, D. 2006. Impact of the cease-fire agreement on socio-economic development in the villages adjacent to the conflict zone in Sri Lanka: a case study of three villages in the Anuradhapura District. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 61p. (HARTI Research Study 116)
Socioeconomic development ; Villages ; Agreements ; Conflict ; Social aspects ; Environmental factors ; Agricultural production ; Households ; Living standards ; Income ; Land use ; Food security ; Food consumption ; Rice ; Public services ; Labor ; Case studies / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Medawachchiya / Thammannakulama / Mahakoongaskada / Pul Eliya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.9 G744 DAM Record No: H046404)
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19 McCartney, Matthew; Finlayson, M.; de Silva, Sanjiv; Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2014. Sustainable development and ecosystem services. In van der Bliek, Julie; McCornick, Peter; Clarke, James (Eds.). On target for people and planet: setting and achieving water-related sustainable development goals. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.29-32.
Sustainable development ; Socioeconomic development ; Ecosystem services ; Living standards ; Wetlands ; Agriculture ; Reservoirs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046798)
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20 Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.) 2015. Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 471p. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16465-6]
Water rates ; Pricing ; Water market ; Reforms ; Cost recovery ; Climate change ; Water use efficiency ; Water conservation ; Incentives ; Water users ; Equity ; Water supply ; Urban areas ; Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Domestic water ; Sustainability ; Socioeconomic development ; Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Decentralization ; Case studies ; Developing countries / USA / Australia / Brazil / Canada / Chile / China / Colombia / France / India / Israel / Italy / Mexico / Netherlands / New Zealand / South Africa / Spain / Ecuador / California / Guayaquil / Valencia / Bahia / Tucano Aquifer
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047094)
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