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1 Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; de Silva, S.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Samarakoon, J. 2008. Good practices and lessons learned in integrating ecosystem conservation and poverty reduction objectives in wetlands. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Wageningen, Netherlands: Wetlands International. 64p. + CD.
Ecosystems ; Wetlands ; Biodiversity ; Poverty ; Conservation ; Case studies ; Lakes ; Lagoons ; Mangroves ; Watersheds ; Environmental degradation ; Participation ; Natural resources ; Nature reserves ; Rural development ; Sustainable development / South Africa / Vietnam / China / Sri Lanka / Brazil / Nigeria / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.918 G000 SEL Record No: H041620)
http://www.ramsar.org/pdf/wn/w.n.iwmi_poverty_report.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620i.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620ii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iv.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620v.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620i.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620ii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iii.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620iv.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041620v.pdf
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2 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). 1999. Land use planning: methods, strategies and tools. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ. 225p.
Land use ; Planning ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Project planning ; Social aspects ; GIS ; Capacity building ; Institutions ; Participation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044404)
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3 Zeweld, W.; van Huylenbroeck, G.; Hidgot, A.; Chandrakanth, M. G.; Speelman, S. 2015. Adoption of small-scale irrigation and its livelihood impacts in northern Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage, 64(5):655-668. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1938]
Irrigation schemes ; Small scale farming ; Households ; Living standards ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic environment ; Participation ; Rural areas / Northern Ethiopia / Tigray Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047407)
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The potential of smallholder-irrigated agriculture to enhance food security and improve livelihoods has led the government of Ethiopia to invest significantly in irrigation establishment. This article aims to investigate the impact of small-scale irrigation on households’ livelihood. To deal with the problems of purposive targeting and self-selection which are likely to occur for this type of intervention, we use a sophisticated econometric technique called ‘propensity score matching’ to study this impact. Our findings confirm the presence of a statistically significant difference in income, overall expenditure, asset accumulation and expenditures on agricultural inputs between the treated and control households. In contrast, no statistically significant differences in livestock resources, food consumption, and expenditure on education and health were found. Furthermore, the proportion of poor is respectively 20 and 30% for the treated and control households. So, overall it can be concluded that participation in the small-scale irrigation has robust and positive effect on most of the livelihood indices and that an expansion of irrigation schemes is a good strategy in the water-stressed and drought-prone areas of Ethiopia.
4 Campbell, L.; Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; McCornick, Peter. 2015. Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate. International Journal of Water Governance, 4:93-116. [doi: https://doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG65]
Environmental impact assessment ; Environmental management ; Water power ; Public relations ; Participation ; International organizations ; Financial institutions ; Social impact ; River basins ; Funding ; Donors ; Investment ; Decision making ; Government agencies / Southeast Asia / Southeast Asia / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam / Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047366)
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Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin is occurring at a rapid pace. With partial funding from international financial institutions has come pressure on the riparian governments to ensure that the potential environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects are properly considered. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is one of the primary environmental management tools being proposed to fulfill these obligations. This article highlights some of the challenges that are inherent in applying EIA in the Mekong context through critical analysis of both its conceptual and institutional aspects. The main argument of the article is that while EIA application indicates a certain degree of environmental consideration, it is not necessarily sufficient to ensure good environmental practices. Lending institutions such as the World Bank have identified lack of implementation capacity as the biggest constraint to effective EIAs. Focusing on Laos, we show how EIA application should be equipped with necessary institutional arrangements and a transparent public participation process. This will ultimately require a shift within the region to allow environmental and social issues to be given significant weight.
5 Frija, A.; Dhehibi, B.; Chebil, A.; Villholth, Karen G. 2016. Performance evaluation of groundwater management instruments: the case of irrigation sector in Tunisia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 1:23-32.
Groundwater management ; Groundwater extraction ; Performance evaluation ; Irrigation ; Aquifers ; Water use ; Water productivity ; Water user associations ; Water governance ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Collective action ; Regulations ; Participation ; Economic policy ; Policy making / Tunisia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047449)
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Around 27% of aquifers in Tunisia are being overexploited. Groundwater extractions is mainly for the irrigation sector, where more than 40% of the water used for irrigation comes from GW sources. The objective of this study is to critically review and analyze GW management instruments adopted in Tunisia during the last four decades. Evaluation of current instruments was based on a set of criteria (the impact of the instrument on increasing water productivity, reducing aquifer withdrawals, acceptability of the instrument and its implementation cost) assessed through interviews with policy makers and experts, in addition to discussions at farmers' focus groups. Results show that regulatory instruments are widely used but weakly enforced, which can explain their limited impact. To be more effective, economic instruments need a better vertical interplay between different stakeholders. Analysis of stakeholders’ participation shows limited awareness by farmers and a lack of collective actions for GW management at local levels. The alignment of GW policies to other cross-sectorial policies, the enhancement of the vertical interplay between water users’ associations and local and national water administrations, and the horizontal integration of different water users and managers at the local and regional levels, are among the main recommendations of this study.
6 Das, B.; Fernandez, C. F.; van der Gaag, N.; McIntyre, P.; Rychlewski, M. (Eds.) 2016. Water integrity global outlook 2016. Berlin, Germany: Water Integrity Network (WIN). 261p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Water supply ; Water policy ; Water law ; Corruption ; Water governance ; Water use ; Drinking water ; Sanitation ; Sustainable development ; State intervention ; Public finance ; Funding ; Budgets ; User charges ; Private investment ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Participation ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Indicators ; Women ; Human rights ; Capacity building
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 DAS Record No: H047575)
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7 Closas, Alvar; Villholth, Karen G. 2016. Aquifer contracts: a means to solving groundwater over-exploitation in Morocco? Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 20p. (Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) Case Profile Series 01) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.211]
Aquifers ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater depletion ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Regulations ; Farmers ; Cultivated land ; Irrigated farming ; Sustainability ; Subsidies ; Participation ; Wells / Morocco
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047676)
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8 Alba, R.; Bolding, A.; Ducrot, R. 2016. The politics of water payments and stakeholder participation in the Limpopo River Basin, Mozambique. Water Alternatives, 9(3):569-587. (Special issue: Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa).
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Water users ; User charges ; Water rights ; Water policy ; Licences ; Stakeholders ; Participation ; Smallholders ; Financing ; Irrigation schemes ; River basins ; Private sector ; Agroindustry ; State intervention ; Political aspects ; Case studies / Mozambique / Limpopo River Basin / Chokwe Irrigation Scheme / Baixo-Limpopo Irrigation Scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047805)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/334-a9-3-5/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047805.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047805.pdf
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Drawing from the experience of the Limpopo River Basin in Mozambique, the paper analyses the articulation of a water rights framework in the context of decentralised river basin governance and IWRM-inspired reforms. The nexus between financial autonomy, service provision, stakeholder participation and the resultant allocation of water within the river basin is explored by scrutinising the newly instituted system of water permits and payments. Three cases are examined: (1) parastatal agencies managing large perimeters of irrigated land; (2) large-scale commercial companies irrigating land; and (3) so-called focal points representing groups of smallholder irrigators. The three presented cases show that structural challenges, local geographies and power relations shape the final outcome of water reforms in relation to decentralised river basin management, stakeholders' participation and accountability. Rather than improving accountability to users and securing the financial basis for sustainable infrastructure operation and maintenance, the permit system in place reinforces existing inequalities.
9 Zereyesus, Y. A.; Embaye, W. T.; Tsiboe, F.; Amanor-Boadu, V. 2017. Implications of non-farm work to vulnerability to food poverty-recent evidence from northern Ghana. World Development, 91:113-124. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.10.015]
Food security ; Nonfarm income ; Food consumption ; Household expenditure ; Forecasting ; Non-farm employment ; Participation ; Food insecurity ; Poverty ; Hunger ; Public health ; Socioeconomic environment ; Linear models ; Regression analysis / Ghana / Brong Ahafo Region / Northern Region / Upper East Region / Upper West Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048046)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X16305174/pdfft?md5=da180e20bb4e04280feb14bdeb445e03&pid=1-s2.0-S0305750X16305174-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048046.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048046.pdf
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Using survey data from northern Ghana, this study seeks to establish the impact of participation in non-farm work on the vulnerability of resource poor households to food poverty. Vulnerability to food poverty is assessed based on expected future food expenditure of households. The potential endogeneity problem associated with participation in non-farm work by households is overcome using a novel instrumental variable approach. Analysis of the determinants of expected future food expenditure is done using a standard Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) method. Demographic and socioeconomic variables, location variables, and household facilities are included in the model as control variables. Our study finds that participation in non-farm work significantly increased the future expected food consumption, thereby alleviating the vulnerability of households to food poverty. Our study also confirms that current food poverty and future food poverty, i.e., vulnerability to food poverty, are not independent from each other. Non-farm work plays a crucial role in providing the means to overcome the risk of food poverty in these resource poor households. Policies that promote off-farm income generating activities, such as small businesses and self-employment, as well as the creation and support of businesses that absorb extra labor from the farm, should be encouraged in the study region. Because households in the study region are exposed to above average levels of hunger and food poverty, the study recommends the government of Ghana and development partners to take measures that enhance the resilience of these resource poor households.
10 Molle, Francois; Rap, Edwin. 2013. Brief retrospective on water user organizations in Egypt. Final Report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 26p.
Water user associations ; Water management ; Collective action ; Sustainability ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Participation ; Corporate culture ; Decision making / Egypt
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048361)
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11 Lefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217]
Research and development ; Gender equity ; Learning ; Training programmes ; Performance evaluation ; Women ; Women’s participation ; Men ; Irrigation schemes ; Participation ; Improvement ; Assessment ; On-farm production ; Agricultural extension ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Farmers ; Market access ; Investment ; Community involvement ; Stakeholders ; Resource management ; Decision making ; State intervention / Malawi / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048368)
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This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.
12 Amare, D.; Wondie, M.; Teketay, D.; Eshete, A.; Darr, D. 2017. Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 142:177-184. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.002]
Forest resources ; Deforestation ; Forest management ; Forest degradation ; Smallholders ; Living standards ; Market surveys ; Participation ; Socioeconomic environment ; Wood ; Households ; Income generation / Ethiopia / Zega Peninsula
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048462)
The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest products is vital for designing effective forest conservation and restoration measures. This particularly holds with regard to the importance of two fundamentally opposing motivations of smallholder forest exploitation, which we label “wood extraction for need” vs. “wood extraction for greed”. This study was conducted at Zege peninsula in Northern Ethiopia to investigate the factors affecting the extraction and marketing of wood from the peninsula's primary dry Afromontane forest by smallholders. Data was collected using household survey, focus groups discussions and key informant interviews. Data analysis employed the Heckman two-steps econometric model. The predominant involvement of vulnerable households in forest exploitation suggests that wood extraction was driven by need and mainly served sustenance and safety net functions. In addition, we also found evidence of greed-driven forest exploitation. As a consequence of selective rule enforcement and nepotism, the forest enforcement committee was not effective in safeguarding the forest, there by contributing to increased wood extraction and marketing by community members for income generation. This suggests that, in order to protect the forest, interventions are needed that aim at creating alternative income opportunities for smallholders through improved production of non-timber forest products, enhanced market access and the provision of locally adapted technologies; as well as at increasing the integrity of law enforcement.
13 King-Okumu, C.; Jillo, B.; Kinyanjui, J.; Jarso, I. 2018. Devolving water governance in the Kenyan arid lands: from top-down drought and flood emergency response to locally driven water resource development planning. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(4):675-697. (Special issue: Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods: Policies and Governance). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1357539]
Water resources development ; Water governance ; Arid lands ; Drought ; Flood control ; Resilience ; Water supply ; Water conservation ; Resource management ; Planning ; Policies ; Urban areas ; Local government ; Institutions ; Participation / Kenya / Isiolo County / Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048814)
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The Kenyan Constitution calls for a devolved response to the stewardship of water and other natural resources. A case study based on planners’ experiences illustrates the shift towards a governance approach that is inclusive, integrates available technologies to achieve resilience to both flood and drought, and works across scales from the settlement to the catchment. Devolution is a slow process, and the challenges are many. Recent observations show that increasing local agency in water resource development is helping alleviate drought and flood emergencies. Nevertheless, more concerted action is still needed from the centre.
14 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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15 Romania, M.; Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. 2018. Gender as key in community participation. 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.69-71. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue)
Gender ; Women's participation ; community development ; Community involvement ; Participation ; Stoves ; Household consumption ; Energy sources ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049008)
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16 Richard-Ferroudji, A.; Raghunath, T. P.; Venkatasubramanian, G. 2018. Managed aquifer recharge in India: consensual policy but controversial implementation. Water Alternatives, 11(3):749-769. (Special issue: Local- and National-level Politics of Groundwater Overexploitation).
Groundwater management ; Aquifers ; Artificial recharge ; Water demand ; Water policy ; Legal frameworks ; Government agencies ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Participation ; Development programmes ; Tanks ; Rehabilitation ; Communication ; Rural areas ; Case studies / India / Pondicherry
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048991)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue3/463-a11-3-16/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048991.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048991.pdf
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In the Indian water policy, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is considered as one of the best supply side water management options to face groundwater depletion. It is expected to optimize the resource as well as attain environmental sustainability and meet water demands and social justice. It is also expected to be implemented with a paradigmatic shift in water management. From policy to practices, at the local level, numerous recharge structures exist, are built or planned and reveal controversial implementation. With a socio-historical approach, our paper analyses the trajectory of MAR implementation in the Pondicherry Region (South India). Through interviews and observations, the trajectories of two local projects are scrutinized, The Tank Rehabilitation Programs in Pondicherry district and a recharge shaft in Kiliyanur. Stakeholders' strategies and values regarding MAR are analysed and how local appropriation leads to adaptation and diversion. Finally, there is no paradigmatic shift going with MAR implementation. Instead, MAR is shown as a consensual policy because it is a possible compromise between groundwater conservation, optimization of the resource, satisfaction of the users and social justice, but controversial positions and oppositions should be acknowledged within implementation. The paper discusses opposed conceptions of MAR: participatory vs. expert driven, demand vs. supply driven and traditional vs. modern.
17 Kafle, Kashi; Paliwal, N.; Benfica, R. 2019. Who works in agriculture?: exploring the dynamics of youth involvement in the agri-food systems of Tanzania and Malawi. Rome, Italy: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 40p. (IFAD Research Series 36)
Agricultural sector ; Youth employment ; Participation ; Agrifood systems ; Rural urban relations ; Agricultural unemployment ; Labour ; Farmers ; Population ; Age structure ; Age groups ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Models / United Republic of Tanzania / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049175)
https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41094871/36_research.pdf/a7be58db-7159-2719-040f-beeec6b40f3f
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049175.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049175.pdf
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This analysis examines the dynamics of employment in agriculture and the agri-food system in Tanzania and Malawi by assessing the population age structure and movements of youth (aged 15-24) and young adults (aged 25-34) in and out of agriculture and the agri-food system. Using internationally comparable integrated household and agriculture surveys, we discover that the average age of a person who works in farming as own-farm labour is 34 years in Tanzania and 31 years in Malawi. Examination of the movements into and out of the agri-food system demonstrates a high degree of short-term stability of youth and young adult participation in farming in both countries. Specifically, 59 per cent of rural Tanzanian youth and 56 per cent of rural Malawian youth are consistently engaged in farming. Yet there is considerable mobility between different sectors of employment. More than 57 per cent of the youth cohort that was not involved in the agri-food system during the baseline entered the sector in the subsequent wave, and 12 per cent of those involved in the agri-food system during the baseline moved out of the sector in the subsequent wave. Even though the high degree of stability in farming participation is encouraging, it is likely that the poor economic prospects outside farming are what is driving strong participation in single-occupation farming. Given that increasing youth employment is a priority public policy for the Governments of Tanzania and Malawi, it is recommended that the countries attempt to diversify the rural economy by developing the many economic opportunities within the agri-food system.
18 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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19 Arulingam, Indika; Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Debevec, Liza. 2019. Youth participation in small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and value chains in Africa and the Asia-Pacific. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems. 66p. (CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems Program Report: FISH-2019-14)
Small-scale fisheries ; Youth employment ; Participation ; Aquaculture ; Value chains ; Fishers ; Gender ; Women's empowerment ; Access to information ; Education ; Land access ; Financing ; Income generation ; Policies ; Strategies ; Technology ; Living standards ; Decision making ; Social status ; Working conditions ; State intervention ; Stakeholders ; International organizations ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects ; Agricultural sector ; Ecosystems / Africa / Asia and the Pacific / Egypt / Nigeria / United Republic of Tanzania / Zambia / Bangladesh / Cambodia / Myanmar / Solomon Islands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049615)
https://digitalarchive.worldfishcenter.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12348/3937/5872a0e98fae8e846953753d08558376.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049615.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049615.pdf
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IWMI, a managing partner of FISH, conducted an assessment of youth participation in SSF, aquaculture and value chains between November 2017 and May 2018. The assessment was conducted in Africa and the Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on the FISH focal countries of Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia in Africa and Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar and Solomon Islands in the Asia-Pacific. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess the participation of youth in fisheries and aquaculture, including opportunities and challenges for participation, (ii) understand what WorldFish and key partners (government organizations, nongovernmental organizations [NGOs] and others) are doing in the focal countries in relation to youth participation, and (iii) (based on the former two points) provide potential areas for further research that could support improved youth participation in aquaculture, SSF and value chains. In this report, definitions of SSF and aquaculture are adopted from WorldFish.
20 Stock, R.; Vij, S.; Ishtiaque, A. 2021. Powering and puzzling: climate change adaptation policies in Bangladesh and India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(2):2314-2336. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00676-3]
Climate change adaptation ; Policy making ; Political aspects ; Vulnerability ; Strategies ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Government agencies ; Farmers ; Participation ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Gujarat / New Delhi / Dhaka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050224)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10668-020-00676-3.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050224.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050224.pdf
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South Asia is a region uniquely vulnerable to climate-related impacts. Climate change adaptation in India and Bangladesh evolves using powering and puzzling approaches by policy actors. We seek to answer the question: how do powering and puzzling approaches influence the climate change adaptation policy design and implementation processes in Bangladesh and India? We adopted two strategies to collect and analyze data: semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis. We found that adaptation policymaking is largely top-down, amenable to techno-managerial solutions, and not inclusive of marginalized actors. In Bangladesh, power interplays among ministerial agencies impair the policy implementation process and undermine the success of puzzling. Local-scale agencies do not have enough authority or power to influence the overall implementation processes occurring at higher scales of governance. The powering of different actors in Bangladesh is visible through a duality of mandates and a lack of integration of climate adaptation strategies in different government ministries. The powering aspect of India’s various adaptation policies is the lack of collective puzzling around the question of differentiated vulnerability by axes of social difference. Paradoxically, India has a puzzling approach of hiding behind the poor in international negotiations. Moving forward, both countries should strive to have more inclusive and equitable adaptation policymaking processes that enable the participation of marginalized populations and represent their anxieties and aspirations. Identifying policy-relevant insights from South Asia using the powering and puzzling approaches can foster adaptation policy processes that facilitate empowerment, the missing piece of the adaptation policymaking puzzle.
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