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1 Nicol, Alan; Langan, Simon; Victor, M.; Gonsalves, J. (Eds.) 2015. Water-smart agriculture in East Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Kampala, Uganda: Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA). 352p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.203]
Agriculture ; Water productivity ; Small scale farming ; Irrigation schemes ; Drip irrigation ; Vegetable growing ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Food security ; Drought tolerance ; Crops ; Sorghum ; Rice ; Maize ; Livestock production ; Land management ; Watershed management ; Rain ; Water harvesting ; Water conservation ; Water use ; Water storage ; Groundwater ; Rehabilitation ; Soil conservation ; Participatory approaches ; Highlands ; Erosion ; Sustainable development ; Arid lands ; Catchment areas ; Wetlands ; Income ; Incentives ; Smallholders ; Dams ; Gender ; Natural resources management ; Learning ; Collective action ; Case studies / Africa / Tanzania / Ethiopia / Africa South of Sahara / Uganda / Horn of Africa / Manyoni / Singida / Agago / Otuke / Nile River Basin / Birr Watershed / Debre Mawi Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046950)
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2 Nicol, Alan; Odinga, W. 2016. IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Uganda - progress after decades of implementation. Water Alternatives, 9(3):627-643. (Special issue: Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa).
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Decentralization ; Water authorities ; Institutional development ; Government ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects / Uganda / Nile Basin / Semliki Catchment / Lake Albert
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047822)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/326-a9-3-13/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047822.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047822.pdf
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Uganda lies almost wholly within the Nile Basin and is a country characterised as well-endowed with water resources. Receiving considerable inflows of aid since the early 1990s, some of this aid emerging after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro enabled the country to begin a process of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), taking the lead from Chapter 18 of Agenda 21. With a focus on more comprehensively managing the country’s critical water endowment amidst growing pressure on the resource, bilateral technical assistance and financial support played a large part in backstopping these national efforts. Nevertheless, in spite of this support and government backing, some two decades later implementation on the ground remains thin and the exercise of IWRM in practice is limited. This paper examines the Ugandan IWRM experience and identifies complex political-economy issues lying at the heart of current challenges. It argues that rarely is there likely to be an easy fix to sustainable financing and suggests the need for stronger citizen engagement and buy-in to the wider logic of IWRM to support longer-term effectiveness and sustainability.
3 Nicol, Alan; Cordier, S.; Clement, Floriane. 2017. Knowing where everyone is. SAWAS (South Asian Water Studies), 5(4):1-2.
Sustainable development ; Gender ; Water resources ; Water management ; Sanitation ; Policy making ; Capacity building
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048233)
http://www.sawasjournal.org/files/SAWAS%205(4)%202017/Editorial-SAWAS%205(4),%202017.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048233.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048233.pdf
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4 Nicol, Alan; Cordier, S.; Clement, Floriane. (Eds.) 2017. Water justice, gender and disability. SAWAS (South Asian Water Studies), 5(4):1-69. (Special issue with contributions by IWMI authors).
Water law ; Water management ; Water quality ; Water supply ; Water availability ; Natural resources management ; Drinking water ; Gender ; Men ; Women ; Planning ; Agriculture ; Sanitation ; Physical states ; Community management / South Asia / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Bangladesh / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048236)
http://www.sawasjournal.org/files/SAWAS%205(4)%202017/Full-SAWAS%205(4),%202017.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048236.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048236.pdf
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5 Nicol, Alan; Odinga, W. 2017. IWRM in Uganda-progress after decades of implementation. In Mehta, L.; Derman, B.; Manzungu, E. (Eds.). Flows and practices: the politics of integrated water resources management in eastern and southern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. pp.301-321.
Integrated management ; Water resources development ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Decentralization ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects / Uganda / Nile River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G154 MEH Record No: H048286)
6 Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto. 2017. Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 190p. (Earthscan Water Text)
Water governance ; Collective action ; Water law ; Water security ; Water management ; Water control ; International waters ; Political aspects ; Dams ; Watersheds ; Groundwater ; Cooperatives ; Community involvement ; Agriculture ; Land ownership ; Peasant workers ; Stakeholders ; Lakes ; Gold ; Mining ; Cooperation ; River basin management / South Asia / Ethiopia / Cambodia / Thailand / India / Pakistan / Malawi / Mexico / Upper Pampas Watershed / Tonle Sap Lake / Eastern Gangetic Plains / Cerro de San Pedro / Indus River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048342)
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7 Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto. 2017. Introduction. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.1-8. (Earthscan Water Text)
Water governance ; Collective action ; Water law ; Water security ; Water management ; Water control ; International waters ; Political aspects ; Watershed management ; Groundwater ; Cooperatives ; Community involvement ; Agriculture ; Land ownership ; Peasant workers ; Stakeholders ; Lakes ; Gold ; Mining ; Cooperation ; River basin management / Asia / Africa / Latin America
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048343)
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8 Suhardiman, Diana; Lebel, L.; Nicol, Alan; Wong. T. 2017. Power and politics in water governance: revisiting the role of collective action in the commons. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.9-20. (Earthscan Water Text)
Water governance ; Political aspects ; Collective action ; Corporate culture ; Socioeconomic environment ; Political aspects ; Cooperation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048344)
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9 Nicol, Alan. 2017. Collective action and political dynamics: Nile cooperation and Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.21-33. (Earthscan Water Text)
Collective action ; Political aspects ; Dams ; River basins ; Turbulent flow ; Water governance ; Water distribution ; Socioeconomic environment ; Cooperation / Egypt / Ethiopia / Nile Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048345)
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10 Mapedza, Everisto; Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan. 2017. Structure, agency, and challenges for inclusive water governance at basin scale: comparing Mekong with the Nile. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.165-175. (Earthscan Water Text)
Water governance ; International waters ; Collective action ; Corporate culture ; Project management ; Dam construction ; River basin ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Upstream ; Downstream ; Water power ; Stakeholders / Southeast Asia / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / Egypt / Nile River Basin / Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048357)
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11 Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto. 2017. Power, alliances, and pathways towards deliberative and just water governance. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.177-184. (Earthscan Water Text)
Water governance ; Collective action ; Natural resources management ; Local communities ; Economic aspects ; International waters ; Environmental degradation ; Nongovernmental organizations
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048358)
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12 Hirji, R.; Nicol, Alan; Davis, R. 2017. South Asia climate change risks in water management. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 96p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia)
Climate change adaptation ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water use ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Water policy ; Water quality ; Water power ; Water institutions ; Risk management ; Uncertainty ; Hydrology ; Monsoon climate ; Socioeconomic environment ; Drought ; Flooding ; Landslides ; Erosion ; Sedimentation ; Planning ; Integrated management ; Infrastructure ; Communication ; Education ; Participation ; Financing ; Irrigation water ; Domestic water ; Mapping / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048847)
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13 Lacombe, Guillaume; Chinnasamy, Pennan; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia. Background Paper 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 73p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.202]
Climate change adaptation ; Water resources development ; Water management ; Water use efficiency ; Water power ; Water quality ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Environmental impact assessment ; Rain ; Temperature ; Evaporation ; Surface water ; International waters ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Stream flow ; Industrial uses ; Risk management ; Flooding ; Coastal area ; Drought ; Contamination ; Cyclones ; Sedimentation ; Landslides ; Precipitation ; Sea level ; Meltwater ; Erosion ; Land use ; Semiarid zones ; Knowledge ; Monitoring ; Infrastructure ; Decision making ; Governance ; Hydrological factors ; Models ; Aerosols / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049184)
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14 Suhardiman, Diana; de Silva, Sanjiv; Arulingam, Indika; Rodrigo, Sashan; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Review of water and climate adaptation financing and institutional frameworks in South Asia. Background Paper 3. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 110p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.204]
Water resources development ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Water management ; Water supply ; Water institutions ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; International waters ; Climate change adaptation ; Flooding ; Drought ; Rainfall ; Economic situation ; Financing ; Funding ; Costs ; Landscape ; Decision making ; Planning ; Energy resources ; Food security ; Food production ; Hydropower ; Surface water ; Groundwater depletion ; Integrated management ; Population growth ; Poverty ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Domestic water ; Cooperation ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Government agencies ; Risk management ; Irrigation systems ; Coastal area ; Stakeholders / South Asia / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Bangladesh / India / Pakistan / Afghanistan / Bhutan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049186)
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15 Sood, Aditya; Nicol, Alan; Arulingam, Indika. 2019. Unpacking the water-energy-environment-food nexus: working across systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 43p. (IWMI Working Paper 186) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.210]
Food production ; Food security ; Energy generation ; Energy sources ; Water availability ; Water security ; Water institutions ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Nexus ; Ecosystem services ; Stakeholders ; Socioeconomic environment ; Environmental impact assessment ; Risk management ; Sustainability ; Legislation ; Resource management ; Resource allocation ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049196)
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The increasing demand for water, energy and food, and the interdependence of these systems could lead to potential human conflict in the future. This was seen in the food crisis of 2008, which stirred a renewed interest in taking a "systems" approach to managing resources. The initial flurry of activities led to many nexus frameworks, but there remains a gap between theory and its implementation. This paper tries to look at various frameworks and unpacks the concept of nexus in order to develop matrices to help quantify and understand the interlinkages between the nexus systems. It suggests multi-level and multi-system indices to measure the health of nexus systems and to identify the weak links. It is hoped that such frameworks can be used at country level, and eventually be used to measure and rank countries on the health of their systems. The paper suggests a questionnaire that can be used (after modifying for local conditions) to collect country-level institutional and political-economy data (which is difficult to get from online resources) to be used in the framework.
16 Smith, D. Mark; Matthews, J. H.; Bharati, Luna; Borgomeo, Edoardo; McCartney, Matthew; Mauroner, A.; Nicol, Alan; Rodriguez, D.; Sadoff, Claudia; Suhardiman, Diana; Timboe, I.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Anisha, N. 2019. Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action. Background paper prepared for the 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA). 42p.
Climate change adaptation ; Water management ; Water governance ; Decision making ; Frameworks ; Strategies ; Policies ; Water resources ; Infrastructure ; Economic impact ; Financing ; Funding ; Investment ; International agreements ; Sustainable Development Goals ; UNFCCC ; Institutions ; Participation ; Hydrological cycle ; Risk assessment ; Flooding ; Drought ; Insurance ; Resilience ; Uncertainty ; Technological changes
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049446)
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17 Clement , F.; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Gender, poverty and politics along the real-virtual water spectrum. In Allan, T.; Bromwich, B.; Keulertz, M.; Colman, A. (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of food, water and society. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. pp.251-267.
Gender analysis ; Women's participation ; Poverty ; Virtual water ; Political aspects ; Food systems ; Food production ; Water use ; Food security ; Water security ; Irrigation management ; Markets ; Labour
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ALL Record No: H049504)
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18 Dessalegn, Mengistu; Nicol, Alan; Debevec, Liza. 2020. From poverty to complexity?: the challenge of out-migration and development policy in Ethiopia. [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 8p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 2)
Migration ; Development policies ; Governance ; Labour mobility ; Migrants ; Agriculture ; Employment ; Remittances ; Rural areas ; Urban areas ; Poverty / Africa / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049561)
http://agrumig.iwmi.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2020/01/Policy-Brief-Series-No.-2.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049561.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049561.pdf
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This brief assesses the current state of migration-related policies in Ethiopia, and provides some early recommendations and policy pointers based on work carried out under the AGRUMIG project. In Ethiopia, the scale of migration and its impacts on rural and urban transformations are underestimated and probably increasing. There is a lack of a coherent national migration policy in the country, which is a potential development hindrance. Establishing a national migration policy and improving bilateral arrangements with receiving countries could help Ethiopia reap greater positive impacts from migration and remittance income, including assisting in crucial processes of social transformation in rural areas.
19 Nicol, Alan; Abdoubaetova, A.; Wolters, A.; Kharel, A.; Murzakolova, A.; Gebreyesus, A.; Lucasenco, E.; Chen, F.; Sugden, F.; Sterly, H.; Kuznetsova, I.; Masotti, M.; Vittuari, M.; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Aderghal, M.; Phalkey, N.; Sakdapolrak, P.; Mollinga, P.; Mogilevskii, R.; Naruchaikusol, S. 2020. Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 22p. (IWMI Working Paper 195) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2020.216]
Migration ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Labour market ; Migrant labour ; Unemployment ; Livelihoods ; Health hazards ; Income ; Remittances ; Economic activities ; Poverty ; Social inequalities ; Food supply ; Households ; Rural areas ; State intervention ; Governance ; Quarantine ; Travel restrictions ; Border closures ; Policies ; Assessment ; Uncertainty / China / Ethiopia / Kyrgyzstan / Republic of Moldova / Morocco / Nepal / Thailand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050125)
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This working paper was produced under the European Union Horizon 2020 funded AGRUMIG project and traces the impact of Covid-19 on migration trends in seven project countries – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand.
The context of global migration has changed dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both within and between countries there has been a substantial curtailment of movement. As a result of multiple lockdowns, economic activity has severely declined and labor markets have ground to a halt, with mass unemployment in industrialized economies looming on the horizon. For both migrant hosting and origin countries – some are substantially both – this poses a set of complex development challenges.
Partners of the AGRUMIG project undertook a rapid review of impacts across project countries, exploring the impacts on rural households but also identifying the persistent desire to migrate in spite of restrictions.
The context of global migration has changed dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both within and between countries there has been a substantial curtailment of movement. As a result of multiple lockdowns, economic activity has severely declined and labor markets have ground to a halt, with mass unemployment in industrialized economies looming on the horizon. For both migrant hosting and origin countries – some are substantially both – this poses a set of complex development challenges.
Partners of the AGRUMIG project undertook a rapid review of impacts across project countries, exploring the impacts on rural households but also identifying the persistent desire to migrate in spite of restrictions.
20 Suhardiman, Diana; DiCarlo, J.; Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Rigg, J.; Nicol, Alan. 2021. (Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project. Geoforum, 124:79-88. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.003]
Railways ; Development projects ; Land valuation ; Compensation ; Strategies ; Central government ; Livelihoods ; Transport infrastructure ; Large scale systems ; Political aspects ; Rules ; Procedures ; Government agencies ; Villages ; Households ; Social aspects / Lao People's Democratic Republic / China / Luang Prabang / Chomphet / Naxang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050490)
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This paper examines the governance and implementation of land compensation for the Laos-China Railway (LCR). It brings to light the central government’s strategy to use compensation rules and procedures as its means to extend its spatial power across the provinces, districts, and villages that are affected by the railway construction. We examine both the manifestations and effects of state power through the formulation and implementation of land compensation procedures. Taking Naxang village in Chomphet district, Luang Prabang province, in Laos as a case, the paper highlights: 1) how centralized compensation rules and procedures serve as a means for the central government to expand its power; 2) how power relations between central-provincial-district governments (re)shaped the actual project implementation especially pertaining to compensation valuation and payment; and 3) implications for smallholder livelihood options and strategies.
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