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1 Davidson, B.; Malano, H. M.; George, B. A. 2005. The financial viability of irrigation management companies: A case study of Cu Chi Irrigation System, Vietnam. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 19:129-143.
Irrigation management ; Irrigation programs ; Operations ; Costs ; Expenditure ; Enterprises / Vietnam / Cu Chi Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7402 Record No: H037463)
2 Luecke, R. 2003. Negotiation. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business School Press. 168p. (Harvard Business Essentials)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 658.4052 G000 LUE Record No: H042749)
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3 Luecke, R. 2003. Managing change and transition. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business School Press. 135p. (Harvard Business Essentials)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 658.3 G000 LUE Record No: H042750)
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4 Sirolli, E. 1999. Ripples from the Zambezi: passion, entrepreneurship, and the rebirth of local economies. Gabriola Island, Canada: New Society Publishers. 151p.
Economic development ; Community development ; Enterprises ; Models ; Social aspects / Africa / USA / Zambia / Chirundu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 300.72 G000 SIR Record No: H043967)
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5 Kimball, R.; Ross, M. 2013. The data warehouse toolkit: the definitive guide to dimensional modeling. 3rd ed. Indianapolis, IN, USA: John Wiley & Sons. 564p.
Information systems ; Data processing ; Databases ; Models ; Design ; Decision support systems ; Computer applications ; Enterprises ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 005.745 G000 KIM Record No: H046461)
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6 Benton, D.; Hazell, J.; Hill, J. 2014. The guide to the circular economy: capturing value and managing material risk. Oxford, UK: Do Sustainability. 105p.
Economic development ; Enterprises ; Resource management ; Natural resources ; Environmental effects ; Risk management ; Life cycle analysis ; Cost control ; Recycling ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 330 G000 BEN Record No: H046988)
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7 Garrido, R. J. S. 2015. Price for domestic water supply: an innovative method developed for the Tucano aquifer in the State of Bahia, Brazil. In Dinar, A.; Pochat, V.; Albiac-Murillo, J. (Eds.). Water pricing experiences and innovations. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp.407-429. (Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 9)
Domestic water ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Enterprises ; Costs ; Labour ; Electrical energy ; Supervision ; Maintenance ; Wells ; Amortization ; Profit / Brazil / Bahia / Tucano Aquifer
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H047134)
This chapter analyzes the pricing of bulk water extracted from the Tucano aquifer in the semiarid region of Bahia, Brazil, using the optimizing economic behavior agent model. The starting point is a set of demand and supply equations on groundwater that is pumped from the aquifer and used for domestic supply. The main goal of this chapter is to offer bulk water tariff levels through a methodology especially adequate to a region that, due to the scarcity of this natural resource as well as the level of poverty that characterizes the region, demands more and more application of mechanisms that contribute to the efficiency of its use, while ensuring adequate prices to be paid by poor families.
8 Courtice, P. 2013. Business as unusual: the required response to the climate challenge. In Brittlebank, W.; Saunders, J. (Eds.). Climate action 2013-2014. [Produced for COP19 - United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 11-22 November 2013]. London, UK: Climate Action; Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). pp.88-91.
Climate change ; Carbon ; Emission reduction ; Enterprises ; Private sector ; Policy making ; Decision making ; Economic aspects ; International cooperation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G000 BRI Record No: H047246)
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9 Reason, P.; Bradbury, H. (Eds.) 2001. Handbook of action research: participative inquiry and practice. London, UK: SAGE Publications. 468p.
Research methods ; Participatory approaches ; Group approaches ; Social change ; Gender ; Women in development ; Public participation ; Cooperation ; Social institutions ; Interorganizational relationships ; Enterprises ; Educational institutions ; Universities ; Linguistics ; Information technology ; Scientists ; Undergraduates ; Social workers ; Communities ; Indigenous knowledge ; Natural resources management ; Sustainable development ; Research projects ; Experimental design ; Clinical investigations ; Arts ; Photography ; Cultural factors ; Case studies / USA / Africa / Guatemala / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 300.72 G000 REA Record No: H047660)
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10 Asamoah, Bernice; Nikiema, Josiane; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Odonkor, Elsie; Njenga, M. 2016. A review on production, marketing and use of fuel briquettes. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 51p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 07) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.200]
Fuel consumption ; Charcoal ; Briquettes ; Fuelwood ; Urban wastes ; Solid wastes ; Waste management ; Industrial wastes ; Organic wastes ; Recycling ; Faecal sludge ; Sewage sludge ; Renewable energy ; Domestic consumption ; Households ; Cooking ; Energy resources ; Energy generation ; Feedstocks ; Communities ; Biomass ; Environmental impact ; Agricultural sector ; Residues ; Pollution ; Emission ; Developing countries ; Gender ; Women ; Men ; Youth ; Chemicophysical properties ; Carbon ; Raw materials ; Supply chain ; Enterprises ; Marketing ; Retail marketing ; Production costs ; Small scale systems ; Public health ; Economic aspects / East Africa / Ghana / Kenya / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047991)
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Where modern heating and cooking fuels for domestic, institutional, commercial and industrial use are not readily available, briquettes made from biomass residues could contribute to the sustainable supply of energy. This study reviews the briquette making process, looking at the entire value chain starting from the type and characteristics of feedstock used for briquette making to the potential market for briquettes in developing countries. It also analyzes the role that gender plays in briquette production. Depending on the raw materials used and technologies applied during production, fuel briquettes come in different qualities and dimensions, and thus require appropriate targeting of different market segments. Key drivers of success in briquette production and marketing include ensuring consistent supply of raw materials with good energy qualities, appropriate technologies, and consistency in the quality and supply of the briquettes. Creating strong partnerships with key stakeholders, such as the municipality, financiers and other actors within the briquette value chain, and enabling policy are important drivers for the success of briquette businesses.
11 Milan, Florence; Huong, T. T. T.; Huong, Chu Thai; Suhardiman, Diana; Phuong, N. D.; Zeller, M. 2017. The role of state forest enterprises in the payments for forest environmental services programme in Vietnam. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 118(2):269-281.
Environmental services ; Payment for Ecosystem Services ; Transaction costs ; Forest protection ; Forest management ; Enterprises ; Farmers ; Household consumption ; Financing / Vietnam / Da Bac District / Hoa Binh Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048477)
https://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/download/2017110153667/925
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048477.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048477.pdf
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To promote pro-poor payments for environmental services, it is necessary to identify institutional options that reduce transaction costs and organisational problems associated with establishing and maintaining contracts with small-scale environmental service providers. This study examined the dual functionality of state forest enterprises (SFEs) in the implementation of the Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) Program in Vietnam. We considered whether SFEs’ involvement in the programme could reduce transaction costs and organisational problems. Data were collected from Tu Ly SFE in Hoa Binh province, northern Vietnam and from implementing agencies at various institutional levels. A survey of households participating in the SFE loan programme, and two stakeholder workshops were executed in 2014. The results revealed that Tu Ly SFE plays an important role in the livelihood of many farmers. A SWOT analysis exhibited SFEs’ advantage over other state agencies in implementing national forest management programmes as there are fewer parties involved with greater autonomy and outreach in the district. This study proposes the acknowledgment of SFEs as environmental service providers in their own forestlands and to use SFEs as intermediaries in the Payments for Forest Environmental Services Programme activities.
12 Okello, G.; Tumwesige, V.; Angura, R.; Nasige, D.; Kyomugisha, D.; Njenga, M. 2018. The impact of gendered roles in the briquette production and supply chain: lessons learned from Green Heat Ltd, Uganda. In Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. (Eds.). Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.17-22. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue)
Gender ; Role of women ; Supply chain ; Briquettes ; Raw materials ; Health hazards ; Enterprises ; Household consumption ; Income / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049004)
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13 Rosenstock, T. S.; Lubberink, R.; Gondwe, S.; Manyise, T.; Dentoni, D. 2020. Inclusive and adaptive business models for climate-smart value creation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 42:76-81. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.12.005]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Business models ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Climate change mitigation ; Decision making ; Stakeholders ; Private sector ; Enterprises
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049551)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343519300648/pdfft?md5=392bc0e1409a1c14b315a34628b4222f&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343519300648-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049551.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049551.pdf
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Climate-smart business models target multiple Sustainable Development Goals by fostering agricultural productivity, supporting farm and farmer livelihood resilience, and encouraging climate mitigation. While many business models (cl)aiming to create climate-smart value already exist both in agricultural development and business practice, little scholarly attention has so far been directed toward their functioning. In this paper, we argue that business models need to be inclusive and adaptive to generate climate-smart value equitably for all stakeholders involved and sustainably over time. Inclusivity involves not only providing the poor at the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) with access to resources (e.g. finance, technology, access to markets) in business models but also, according to some scholars, with guaranteeing their representation in decision-making over the use of these resources. Adaptability entails the capacity to smoohtly adjust structures and processes of enterprise-BoP partnerships that underlie business models. We suggest that building inclusive and adaptive climate-smart business models is non-trivial work which, in the future, will require rapid cycles of collective experimentation and reflection between decision-makers in climate-smart business models and researchers studying them.
14 Karn, Sujeet; Sugden, Fraser; Sah, K. K.; Maharjan, J.; Shah, T. N.; Clement, F. 2020. Shifting gender relations in agriculture and irrigation in the Nepal Tarai-Madhesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 34p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 10) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2020.211]
Gender relations ; Agricultural sector ; Women’s participation ; Women’s empowerment ; Gender equality ; Vulnerability ; Groundwater irrigation ; Communities ; Migration ; Role of women ; Farmers ; Land ownership ; Land tenure ; Water availability ; Irrigation canals ; Tube wells ; Climate change ; Water user associations ; Capacity building ; Social change ; Caste systems ; Households ; Livelihoods ; Villages ; Constraints ; Labour ; Poverty ; Economic resources ; Microfinance ; Remittances ; Enterprises ; Institutions ; Decision making ; State intervention / Nepal / Eastern Gangetic Plains / Tarai-Madhesh Region / Sunsari / Siraha / Ekamba Village Development Committee / Amaduwa Village Development Committee / Lohani / Kharotole / Bhagwanpur / Fulkahakati
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050103)
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This report explores how women perceive participation and empowerment vis-a-vis access to water and other agricultural resources in the Tarai/Madhesh of Nepal. The report argues that gendered vulnerability is indeed intricately connected with other axes of difference, such as caste and economic status, despite women’s critical role in agricultural production and their active engagement in access to water and irrigation in agriculture. Overall, women’s well-being seems to have decreased as a consequence of male out-migration. However, there are women who have also become empowered in new ways, taking up enterprise opportunities.
The authors point out that at the level of policy and external development interventions, a dominating narrative on women’s limited participation in agriculture being a result of ‘social norms’ exists. Public irrigation agencies have used this myth to absolve themselves of the responsibility for ensuring gender equality in program implementation.
The report concludes that strengthening equitable irrigation user groups alongside capacity building for farmers and program implementers are critical measures for improving women’s access to irrigation and overall well-being. Women should be ensured meaningful participation, including leadership roles.
Finally, this report recommends linking irrigation user groups to other income-generation schemes, and facilitating access to better credit, finance and agricultural inputs.
The authors point out that at the level of policy and external development interventions, a dominating narrative on women’s limited participation in agriculture being a result of ‘social norms’ exists. Public irrigation agencies have used this myth to absolve themselves of the responsibility for ensuring gender equality in program implementation.
The report concludes that strengthening equitable irrigation user groups alongside capacity building for farmers and program implementers are critical measures for improving women’s access to irrigation and overall well-being. Women should be ensured meaningful participation, including leadership roles.
Finally, this report recommends linking irrigation user groups to other income-generation schemes, and facilitating access to better credit, finance and agricultural inputs.
15 Harris, G. D.; Barron, J.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Hussein, H.; Choi, G. (Eds.) 2021. Special issue on selected papers from 2019 World Water Week. Water, (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors)
Water policy ; Water governance ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Hygiene ; Gender ; Women's empowerment ; Water supply ; Rural areas ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Wastewater treatment ; Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Disaster risk reduction ; Flooding ; Drought ; Vulnerability ; Agricultural insurance ; International law ; Water law ; Water rights ; Conflicts ; Political aspects ; Displacement ; Refugees ; Water user associations ; Enterprises ; Financing / Middle East / North Africa / Latin America / Caribbean / Syrian Arab Republic / Lebanon / Jordan / Cambodia / India / Bangladesh / United Republic of Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050271)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/2019_WWW
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050271_TOC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050271_TOC.pdf
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