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1 Molden, David; Frenken, K.; Barker, R.; de Fraiture, Charlotte; Mati, Bancy; Svendsen, M.; Sadoff, Claudia W.; Finlayson, Max; Atapattu, Sithara; Giordano, Mark; Inocencio, Arlene; Lannerstad, Mats; Manning, Nadia; Molle, Francois; Smedema, B.; Vallee, Domitille. 2007. Trends in water and agricultural development. In Molden, David (Ed.). Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.57-89.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G000 IWM Record No: H040195)
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2 Grey, D.; Sadoff, Claudia W.. 2007. Sink or Swim?: Water security for growth and development. Water Policy, 9(6):545-571.
Water resources ; Climate change ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Poverty ; Infrastructure ; Investment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 GRE, PER Record No: H040415)
Achieving basic water security, both harnessing the productive potential of water and limiting its Destructive impact, has always been a societal priority. To capture this duality, water security is defined here as the availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems and production, coupled with an acceptable level of water-related risks to people, environments and economies. This paper looks broadly at those countries that have achieved water security, the paths they chose and the costs they paid, and those countries that have not achieved water security and how this constrains economies and societies. It defines three typologies: countries that have harnessed hydrology, those hampered by hydrology and those that are hostage to hydrology. It finds that countries remaining hostage to hydrology are typically among the world’s poorest. They face “difficult” hydrologies often characterized by high inter- and intra-annual rainfall and runoff variability, where the level of institutional and infrastructure investment needed is very high and the ability to invest is low. This paper seeks to capture the dynamics of achieving water security in a hypothetical water and growth “S-curve”, which illustrates how a minimum platform of investments in water institutions and infrastructure can produce a tipping point beyond which water makes an increasingly positive contribution to growth and how that tipping point will vary in different circumstances. As there are inevitable trade-offs, achieving water security is never without social and environmental costs; in some countries these are significant, often unforeseen and even unacceptable. This brief analysis suggests that the only historically demonstrated path to achieving water security at the national level has been through investment in an evolving balance of complementary institutions and infrastructure, but that lessons exist for following this basic path in more sustainable and balanced ways. Insights are provided for balancing and sequencing investments, adapting to changing values and priorities, and pushing down the social and environmental costs. The paper concludes that most water-insecure countries today face far greater challenges than those that achieved water security in the last century and are wealthy countries today. They face more difficult hydrologies and a greater understanding of and therefore greater responsibility for, the social and environment trade-offs inherent in water management. As the costs of poor countries not achieving water security, in terms of human suffering, sustained poverty, constrained growth and social unrest, would be very high, achieving water security is a challenge that must be recognized and must be met.
3 Bergkamp, Ger; Sadoff, Claudia W.. 2008. Water in a sustainable economy. In 2008 State of the world: Innovations for a sustainable economy. 25th Anniversary Edition. Special Section: Paying for nature’s services. Washington, DC, USA: Worldwatch Institute. pp.107-238.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 BER Record No: H040649)
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4 Sadoff, Claudia W.; Greiber, T.; Smith, M.; Bergkamp, G. (Eds.) 2008. Share: managing water across boundaries. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) 95p. (WANI Toolkit)
International waters ; Water law ; International agreements ; Treaties ; Water resource management ; Stakeholders ; Institutions ; Organizations ; International cooperation ; River basin management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 346.04691 G000 SAD Record No: H041480)
Transboundary rivers are increasingly being drawn upon to meet competing demands. This publication provides an overview of the world’s shared water resources and guidance on managing these resources cooperatively. It describes the range of potential costs and benefits of cooperation, and of non-cooperation, and principles and mechanisms for sharing the benefits that derive from water. Using case studies from around the world, it presents both challenges and real world solutions for constructing the legal frameworks, institutions, management processes and financing needed to govern transboundary waters more equitably and sustainably.
5 Sadoff, Claudia W.. 2008. Overview of the world's shared water resources. In Sadoff, Claudia W.; Greiber, T.; Smith, M.; Bergkamp, G. (Eds.). Share: managing water across boundaries. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) pp.15-19.
Water resource management ; International inland waters ; International cooperation ; River basins ; Watercourses
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041688)
6 Sadoff, Claudia W.; Grey, D. 2008. Why share?: the benefits (and costs) of transboundary water management. In Sadoff, Claudia W.; Greiber, T.; Smith, M.; Bergkamp, G. (Eds.). Share: managing water across boundaries. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) pp.21-35.
Water resource management ; International inland waters ; International cooperation ; Watershed management ; River basins ; Water use ; Water rights ; Benefits ; Stakeholders / India / Pakistan / Senegal / Mali / Mauritania / Indus River Basin / Senegal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SAD Record No: H041689)
7 Haileslassie, A.; Hagos, Fitsum; Mapedza, Everisto; Sadoff, Claudia W.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Gebreselassie, S.; Peden, D. 2008. Institutional settings and livelihood strategies in the Blue Nile Basin: implications for upstream/downstream linkages. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 75p. (IWMI Working Paper 132) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.313]
River basins ; Water policy ; Institutions ; Institutional development ; Farming systems ; Mixed farming ; Cereals ; Sorghum ; Irrigated farming ; Vegetables ; Pastoralism ; Poverty ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Labor ; Ecosystems ; Energy ; Water power ; Watershed management ; Water harvesting ; Legal aspects ; Environmental policy ; Water user associations ; Irrigation programs / Africa / Ethiopia / Sudan / Egypt / Blue Nile River Basin / Koga Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G100 HAI Record No: H041835)
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Through rapid assessment of existing literature and review of policy and other official documents, the report synthesizes the existing knowledge and gaps on policies and institutions and identifies key research issues that need in-depth study. The report provides an overview of the range of key livelihoods and production systems in the Blue Nile Basin (BNB) and highlights their relative dependence on, and vulnerability to, water resources and water-related ecosystem services. It also makes an inventory of current water and land related policies and institutions in the BNB, their organizational arrangements, dynamics and linkages and key policy premises. It highlights the major problems in institutional arrangements and policy gaps and makes suggestions for an in-depth Policy and Institutional Studies to be done as part of the Upstream-Downstream Research project.
8 Sadoff, Claudia W.; Borgomeo, E.; Uhlenbrook, Stefan. 2020. Rethinking water for SDG 6. Nature Sustainability, 3(5):346-347. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0530-9]
Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Economic aspects ; Engineering ; Water management ; Water access ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Investment ; Water resources ; Drinking water ; Millennium Development Goals
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049713)
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The world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation by 2030. We urge a rapid change of the economics, engineering and management frameworks that guided water policy and investments in the past in order to address the water challenges of our time.
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