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1 Warner, J.; Butterworth, J.; Wegerich, K.; Mora Vallejo, A.; Martinez, G.; Gouet, C.; Visscher, J. T. 2009. Corruption risks in water licensing with case studies from Chile and Kazakhstan. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). 20p. (Swedish Water House Report 27)
Licences ; Corruption ; Risks ; Water resource management ; Water allocation ; Water rights ; Water users ; Government departments ; Non governmental organizations ; Water user associations ; Stakeholders ; Water rates ; Water pollution ; Pollution control ; Legal aspects ; Case studies / Chile / Kazakhstan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043109)
http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Reports/Corruption_Risks_in_Water_Licensing.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043109.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043109.pdf
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2 Molle, F.; Hoanh, Chu Thai. 2011. Implementing integrated river basin management in the Red River Basin, Vietnam: a solution looking for a problem? Water Policy, 13(4):518-534. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2011.012]
Water management ; River basin management ; Organizations ; Institutional reform ; Government departments ; Water policy ; Political aspects ; Environmental effects / Vietnam / Red River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044206)
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Several water policy principles considered to be modern and internationally sanctioned have recently been adopted by Vietnam. This article focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. It shows that the promotion of integrated water resource management icons such as river basin organizations (RBOs) by donors has been quite disconnected from existing institutional frameworks. If policy reforms promoted by donors and development banks have triggered changes, these changes may have come not as a result of the reforms themselves but, rather, due to the institutional confusion they have created when confronted with the emergence of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE). For the MoNRE, the river basin scale became crucial for grounding its legitimacy and asserting its role among the established layers of the administration, while for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, RBOs became a focal point where power over financial resources and political power might potentially be relocated at its expense. Institutional change is shown to result from the interaction between endogenous processes and external pressures, in ways that are hard to predict.
3 Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar. 2011. Agricultural extension in Central Asia: existing strategies and future needs. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 35p. (IWMI Working Paper 145) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.211]
Agricultural extension ; History ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Agricultural research ; Agricultural policy ; Water user associations ; Surveys ; Financing / USSR / Central Asia / Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044621)
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Agriculture is at the forefront of the development objectives of the republics of Central Asia (CA). Since independence in 1991, these countries have undergone transitions from being centrally planned economies to market-oriented systems, which did not include the creation of agricultural extension systems. This paper provides information on the current status of the agricultural extension systems in CA with special reference to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. We reviewed the existing extension strategies, donor- and state-driven initiatives to revitalize the agricultural extension systems, informal linkages that nongovernmental organizations play in helping a limited number of farmers, and provided recommendations on ways to further improve the agricultural extension services in CA. The information related to each country was analyzed separately. This is because, after independence, each republic in CA had initiated their agricultural reforms with specific objectives and has now established their unique agricultural systems that differ contextually. However, due to having the same history and agricultural system that existed during the Soviet times, we tried to give a historical perspective to the unified agricultural extension system that existed before independence.
4 de Silva, Sanjiv; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Kodituwakku, D. C.; Atapattu, S. 2011. Governance performance in integrated coastal management: Sri Lanka country report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 91p.
Coastal area ; Legislation ; Transparency ; Accountability ; Rules ; Participatory management ; Public participation ; Decision making ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Case studies ; Wetlands ; Lagoons ; Mangroves ; Access to information ; Legal rights / Sri Lanka / Hikkaduwa / Rekawa Lagoon / Muthurajawela Lagoon / Negambo Lagoon
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044786)
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5 de Silva, Sanjiv; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Kodituwakku, D. C.; Atapattu, S. 2011. Governance performance in integrated coastal management: Sri Lanka country report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 91p.
Coastal area ; Legislation ; Transparency ; Accountability ; Rules ; Participatory management ; Public participation ; Decision making ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Case studies ; Wetlands ; Lagoons ; Mangroves ; Access to information ; Legal rights / Sri Lanka / Hikkaduwa / Rekawa Lagoon / Muthurajawela Lagoon / Negambo Lagoon
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI c2 Record No: H044787)
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6 Birner, R.; Gupta, S.; Sharma, N. 2011. The political economy of agricultural policy reform in India: fertilizers and electricity for irrigation. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 231p.
Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Agricultural policy ; Fertilizers ; Urea ; Groundwater irrigation ; Food production ; Food security ; Electricity supplies ; Pricing ; Government departments ; Farmers / India / Andhra Pradesh / Panjab
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G635 BIR Record No: H044808)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr174.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044808.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044808.pdf
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7 Basnet, G.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2011. Multiple use water services in Nepal scoping study. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); New York, NY, USA: Rockefeller Foundation; Hague, Netherlands: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC). 47p.
Multiple Use ; Water use ; Water resources development ; Water policy ; Research projects ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Non governmental organizations ; Water supply ; Domestic water ; Water storage ; Water conservation ; Community involvement ; Poverty ; Irrigation systems / Nepal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045595)
http://www.musgroup.net/content/download/1327/11681/file/Report%20MUS%20Scoping%20Nepal%20IWMI%20-%20IRC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045595.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045595.pdf
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8 Bird, Jeremy. 2013. Learning from the past – building water cooperation for the future. Keynote speech presented at the World Water Day 2013, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20 March 2013. 6p.
Water management ; Cooperation ; Organizations ; Government departments ; Irrigation schemes ; Water power ; Climate change ; Public health ; Agricultural production / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045766)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/WorldWaterDay/PDF/Jeremy_Bird-World_Water_Day-Sri_Lanka_20March_2013.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045766.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045766.pdf
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9 Sophocleous, M. 2011. Groundwater legal framework and management practices in the high plains aquifer, USA. In Findikakis, A. N.; Sato, K. Groundwater management practices. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.325-366. (IAHR Monograph)
Groundwater management ; Groundwater extraction ; Aquifers ; Plains ; Legal aspects ; Water rights ; Water levels ; Water allocation ; Models ; Climate change ; Government departments / USA / Texas / Oklahoma / Colorado / New Mexico / Kansas / Nebraska
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 FIN Record No: H045664)
10 Hoanh, Chu Thai; Keen, B.; Slavich, P.; Tam, H. M.; Bang, N. V. 2013. Water resources review for South Central Coastal Vietnam. Report of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Project on Opportunities to Improve the Sustainable Utilisation and Management of Water and Soil Resources for Coastal Agriculture in Vietnam and Australia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); New South Wales, Australia: Government of New South Wales. Department of Primary Industries; Quy Nhon, Vietnam: Agricultural Science Institute for Southern Coastal Central of Vietnam (ASISOV). 83p.
Water resources development ; Water management ; Water use ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Water quality ; Soil resources ; Coastal area ; Agriculture ; Water law ; River basins ; Organizations ; Government departments ; Research projects ; Irrigation management ; Land use / Vietnam / Australia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046215)
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11 Suhardiman, Diana; de Silva, Sanjiv; Carew-Reid, J. 2011. Policy review and institutional analysis of the hydropower sector in Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Final report. Mekong (MK1) Project on Optimizing Reservoir Management for Livelihoods, Challenge Program for Water and Food. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Hanoi, Vietnam: International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). 150p.
Water power ; Planning ; Institutional development ; Policy making ; Water pollution ; Water management ; Environmental protection ; Environmental impact assessment ; Natural resources management ; Land management ; Decision making ; Public sector ; Government departments ; Legislation ; Legal frameworks ; Energy policies ; Electricity ; Forest management ; Fishery management ; Development projects ; Social aspects ; Reservoirs ; Living standards ; Investment / Laos / Cambodia / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046291)
12 Srinivasan, V.; Suresh Kumar, D.; Chinnasamy, P.; Sulagna, S.; Sakthivel, D.; Paramasivam, P.; Lele, S. 2014. Water management in the Noyyal River basin: a situation analysis. Bangalore, India: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. 48p. (Environment and Development Discussion Paper 2)
Water management ; River basins ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Watersheds ; Water scarcity ; Surface water ; Drinking water ; Domestic water ; Hydrology ; Demography ; Land use ; Sustainability ; Agricultural sector ; Government departments ; Institutions ; Pumping ; Wells ; Public health ; Environmental flows ; Households ; Farmers / India / Tamil Nadu / Noyyal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046359)
(0.91 MB)
13 Samarasinha, G. G. de L. W.; Bandara, M. A. C. S. 2013. Adoption of drip irrigation systems: problems and options. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 30p. (HARTI Research Report 156)
Drip irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Water conservation ; Government departments ; Subsidies ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic environment / Sri Lanka / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G744 SAM Record No: H046417)
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14 Pavelic, Paul; Xayviliya, O.; Ongkeo, O. 2014. Pathways for effective groundwater governance in the least-developed-country context of the Lao PDR. Water International, 39(4):469-485. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2014.923971]
Groundwater ; Water governance ; Water resources development ; Developing countries ; Climate change ; Stakeholders ; Development plans ; Households ; Government departments / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046494)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2014.923971
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046494.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046494.pdf
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Instituting effective groundwater governance is highly challenging in a least developed country such as the Lao PDR where groundwater resources need to be developed for a variety of reasons but the levels of understanding, awareness and technical capacity are extremely limited. This paper discusses the current state of knowledge and management of groundwater and suggests some pathways forward. Whilst the level of governance remains very low, there is growing interest in tackling the entrenched technical and non-technical issues and constraints. Various initiatives have recently emerged, resulting in positive institutional change.
15 Bandara, M. A. C. S.; Padmajani, M. T. 2014. Evaluation of Solar Powered Drip Irrigation Project – phase 2. [Project report of the Sustainable Agriculture Water Management done under the Ministry of Agriculture]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 52p. (HARTI Research Report 166)
Drip irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Solar energy ; Performance evaluation ; Sustainable agriculture ; Water management ; Projects ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Government departments / Sri Lanka / Ampara / Badulla / Jaffna / Kurunegala / Matale / Mullaitivu / Polonnaruwa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G744 BAN Record No: H046647)
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16 Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jayawardena, Lalith. 2014. Septage management related regulatory and institutional aspects and needs in Sri Lanka. A review. Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 13(1):1-15.
Corporate culture ; Waste management ; Waste disposal ; Legal aspects ; Regulations ; Guidelines ; Government policy ; Government departments ; Environmental effects / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046750)
http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SUSLJ/article/download/7658/5834
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046750.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046750.pdf
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Urbanization, population growth and rapid development have created a notable shift in septage* management in Sri Lanka, necessitating a vast and rapid improvement in the service of mechanized septage collection by trucks and finding additional space to meet the increasing septage disposal needs. According to data collected in 2012, 58% of the Local Authorities (LAs) in Sri Lanka have access to septic truck services. Septage (from septic trucks) appears as a non-traditional and fairly new urban waste stream without proper regulatory and institutional arrangement to manage. This paper contains a comprehensive legal, regulatory and institutional analysis of the present situation, and identify the needs and gaps that need to be filled to establish a sustainable septage management service in Sri Lanka. This review has elicited the need for a new array of regulatory and institutional interventions from national level to local level to manage septage.
17 Udas, P. B. 2014. Gendered participation in water management in Nepal: discourses, policies and practices in the irrigation and drinking water sectors. [PhD thesis]. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. 281p.
Water management ; Water resources ; Drinking water ; Irrigation water ; Water availability ; Water policy ; Water supply ; Water governance ; Gender mainstreaming ; Women's participation ; Equity ; Irrigation systems ; State intervention ; Government departments ; Corporate culture ; Farmers ; Water user associations ; Land ownership ; Households ; River basins ; Sewerage ; Socioeconomic environment / Nepal / Baruwa River Basin / Asari Drinking Water System / Gaighat Drinking Water System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 333.91 G726 UDA Record No: H046865)
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18 Liebrand, J. 2014. Masculinities among irrigation engineers and water professionals in Nepal. [PhD thesis]. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. 506p.
Irrigation development ; Irrigation projects ; Irrigation engineering ; Engineers ; Gender relations ; Men ; Women ; Professional education ; Professional associations ; Bureaucracy ; Governance ; State intervention ; Government departments ; Water resources ; Farmers ; Policy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Households ; Social aspects ; Case studies / Nepal / India / Kathmandu / Chitwan / Terai Plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 333.913 G726 LIE Record No: H046866)
(10.88 MB) (10.8 MB)
19 van Koppen, Barbara; Derman, B.; Schreiner, B.; Durojaye, E.; Mweso, N. 2015. Fixing the leaks in women's human rights to water: lessons from South Africa. In Hellum, A.; Kameri-Mbote, P.; van Koppen, Barbara. (Eds.) Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. pp.457-506.
Human rights ; Water rights ; Water supply ; Water rates ; Water law ; Water use ; Water productivity ; Water management ; Institutions ; Gender ; Womans status ; Poverty ; Living standards ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Water allocation ; Domestic water ; Irrigation water ; Local government ; Government departments ; Sanitation ; Economic aspects ; Land reform / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047308)
(3.74 MB)
20 Fernando, Sudarshana; Semasinghe, Christina; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Wijayamunie, R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Dissanayake, S. 2016. City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Rome, Italy: FAO; Accra, Ghana: Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). 251p.
Food consumption ; Food supply ; Food safety ; Food policies ; Food production ; Food chains ; Food security ; Stakeholders ; Corporate culture ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Municipal authorities ; Private sector ; International organizations ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Regulations ; Policy making ; Decision making ; Human nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Sociocultural environment ; Poverty ; Natural resources management ; Climate change ; Land use ; Economic aspects ; Small scale systems ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Livestock ; Milk production ; Crops ; Market prices ; Waste disposal ; Waste management ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Sanitation / Sri Lanka / Colombo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047774)
(7.37 MB)
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