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1 Dube, O. P.; Sekhwela, B. M. 2008. Indigenous knowledge, institutions and practices for coping with variable climate in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana. In Leary, N.; Adejuwon, J.; Barros, V.; Burton, I.; Kulkarni, J.; Lasco, R. (Eds.). Climate change and adaptation. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.71-89.
Climate change ; River basins ; Natural resources management ; Drought ; Rural communities ; Villages ; Poverty ; Income generation ; Livestock ; Rural development ; State intervention ; Public policy ; Rural economy / Botswana / Limpopo Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G000 LEA Record No: H040838)
2 Cullet, P. 2009. Water law, poverty, and development: water sector reforms in India. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 241p.
Water law ; Legislation ; Water policy ; Poverty ; Water resource management ; State intervention ; Groundwater ; Human rights ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Water users ; Socioeconomic development ; Economic aspects ; Privatization ; Financial institutions ; Irrigation management ; Water user associations ; Participatory management ; Rural areas / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 CUT Record No: H043410)
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3 Kishore, A.; Shah, Tushaar; Tewari, N. P. 2014. Solar irrigation pumps: farmers’ experience and state policy in Rajasthan [India]. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(10):55-62.
Solar energy ; Drip irrigation ; Pumps ; Farmers ; State intervention ; Subsidies ; Prices ; Water use efficiency / India / Rajasthan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046323)
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4 Rambukwella, R. N. K.; Vidanapathirana, R. P.; Somaratne, T. G. 2007. Evaluation of crop insurance scheme in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI). 108p. (HARTI Research Study 122)
Crop insurance ; Agricultural insurance ; Livestock insurance ; Policy ; Risk management ; Legislation ; Private sector ; Rice ; Farmers ; State intervention ; Economic aspects ; Loans ; Household income ; Crop losses / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Polonnaruwa / Kurunegala / Hambantota
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 368.121 G744 RAM Record No: H046406)
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5 Butler, C. 2014. Hydropower development in Nepal: five month reflections. Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, 14:8-9.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8151 Record No: H046447)
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6 bin Ghazalli, M. A. (Ed.) 2007. History of irrigation in Malaysia. Putrajaya, Malaysia: Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry. Irrigation and Agricultural Drainage Division. 81p.
Irrigation development ; History ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation programs ; Water management ; Water supply ; Drainage ; State intervention ; Copping systems ; Economic aspects ; Farmers ; Rice / Malaysia / Kedah Irrigation Scheme / Kerian Irrigation Scheme / Muda Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 627.52 G714 BIN Record No: H046481)
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7 Shah, Tushaar; Mehta, Yashree; Kher, V.; Palrecha, A. 2014. Generating agrarian dynamism: Saurashtra’s lessons for Vidarbha. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(26-27 Supplement): 86-94.
Agriculture ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater recharge ; Farmers ; Milk production ; Cotton ; Investment ; State intervention ; Wells / India / Maharashtra / Gujarat / Vidarbha / Saurashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046495)
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8 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M. 2014. Legal plurality: an analysis of power interplay in Mekong hydropower. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 16p. (Online first). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2014.925306]
Water power ; Natural resources management ; Territorial waters ; Legal frameworks ; Decision making ; Fund ; Private sector ; State intervention ; Capacity building ; River basins ; Case studies / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046525)
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The changing notion of state territoriality highlights overlapping power structures at international, national, and local scales and reveals how states can be “differently” powerful. This article analyzes how the interplay of these power structures shapes the dynamics of natural resource management in one of the world’s fastest changing transboundary basins, the Mekong. Taking the Lao People’s Democratic Republic as a case study, we highlight the existing inconsistency and institutional discrepancies in land, water, and environmental policy related to hydropower and illustrate how they are manifested in multiple decision-making frameworks and overlapping legal orders. The resulting legal plurality reveals the inherently contested terrain of hydropower but, more important, it illustrates how the central state has been able to use contradictory mandates and interests to further its goals. The specific Mekong hydropower case demonstrates that an understanding of power geometries and scale dynamics is crucial to meaningful application of social and environmental safeguards for sustainable dam development.More broadly, the case sheds light on the important role of states’ various agents and their multiple connections, partially explaining how the achievement of the central state’s goals can be derived from legal plurality rather than hindered by it.
9 Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, M.; Rap, Edwin; Wegerich, Kai. 2014. Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies. Water Alternatives, 7(3):442-463.
Bureaucracy ; Reform ; Water management ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; State intervention ; Organizational development ; Institutional reform ; Policy ; Public administration ; Political aspects ; Financing ; Farmers ; Case studies / Philippines / Mexico / Indonesia / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046526)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol7/v7issue2/258-a7-3-1/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046526.pdf
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Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan, we argue that irrigation (policy) reform cannot be treated in isolation from the overall functioning of
10 Naz, Farhat. 2014. The socio-cultural context of water: study of a Gujarat village. New Delhi, India: Orient BlackSwan. 255p.
Sociocultural environment ; Watershed management ; Development projects ; Water policy ; Water supply ; Natural resources management ; Rural communities ; Community involvement ; Gender relations ; Farmers ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation schemes ; Irrigation canals ; Wells ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater development ; State intervention ; Political aspects ; Land tenure ; Living standards / India / Gujarat / Sabarkantha / Mathnaa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 NAZ Record No: H046391)
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11 Rosser, A.; Curnow, Jayne. 2014. Legal mobilisation and justice: insights from the constitutional court case on international standard schools in Indonesia. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 15(4):302-318. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2014.916341]
Legal aspects ; Mobilization ; Constitution ; Courts ; Political aspects ; State intervention ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Educational institutions ; Standards ; Policy ; Case studies / Indonesia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046508)
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Analysis of the role of courts in shaping access to justice in Indonesia has emphasised the role of judges and the incentives created for them by courts' institutional design. Alternatively, it has focused on individual justice-seekers and their capacities to choose between alternative pathways through the legal repertoire. In this paper, we suggest that ‘support structures for legal mobilisation’ (SSLMs) have also played an important role in shaping access to justice by influencing both the potential for legal mobilisation and the type of justice sought. In making this argument, we focus on a recent Constitutional Court case on ‘international standard schools’. In this case, a group of parents were able to mobilise for legal action only because NGOs provided the required technical expertise and financial resources while the central involvement of an anti-corruption NGO in the SSLM shifted the focus from parents' concerns about discrimination to corruption.
12 Grafton, R. Q.; Horne, J. 2014. Water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.37-44.
Water market ; Water rights ; Water resources ; Water allocation ; Environmental flows ; State intervention ; River basins / Australia / Murray-Darling Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046541)
http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Global+Water%3A+Issues+and+Insights/11041/ch02.7.xhtml#toc_marker-13
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046541.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046541.pdf
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13 Connell, D. 2014. Transboundary water governance. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.47-50.
International waters ; Water governance ; Water management ; State intervention ; International agreements ; Rivers / USA / Colorado River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046542)
http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Global+Water%3A+Issues+and+Insights/11041/ch03.1.xhtml#toc_marker-16
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046542.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046542.pdf
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14 Ngoc, P. T. B. 2013. Decentralizing hydraulic society: actor responses to institutional arrangements in Vietnam. Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University. Department of Water and Environmental Studies. 318p. (Linkoping Studies in Arts and Science 577)
Decentralization ; Hydraulics ; Government agencies ; Public administration ; Governance ; Institutional reform ; State intervention ; Decision making ; Legal aspects ; Cooperative activities ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Irrigation systems ; Financing ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Case studies / Vietnam / Nam Thach Han Irrigation System / Tay Ninh Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.913 G784 NGO Record No: H046512)
http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:622906/FULLTEXT01.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046512.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046512.pdf
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15 Platonov, Alexander; Wegerich, Kai; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Kabilov, Firdavs. 2014. Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan. International Journal of Water Governance, 2:83-104. [doi: https://doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG58]
Crop production ; Irrigated land ; Cash crops ; Cotton ; Winter wheat ; Food policies ; Farmers ; State intervention ; Water resources ; Water user associations / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Ferghana Valley
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046615)
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After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan introduced a policy on food security and consequently reduced the irrigated area allocated to cotton and increased the area of winter wheat. Shifting to winter wheat allowed farmers to grow a second crop outside the state-order system. The second crops are the most profitable and therefore farmers tried to maximize the area grown to this second crop. Although the second crops are the most profitable, only few studies have focused on this topic. Evidence is presented which shows that state control of crops has been extended from the main crops, cotton and wheat, to the second crops. Satellite images used for classification of main crops in two provinces of the Ferghana Valley for 2006–2011, highlight that the area utilized for second crops is dependent on the infrastructure that enables access to the water resource, not on the area’s position within the irrigation system.
16 Musonda, D.; Mavroeidi, V.; Tembo, S.; Matchaya, Greenwell; Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso; Chikwenya, N.; Sikombe, D.; Chilonda, Pius. 2014. Capacity strengthening strategy through capacity needs assessment for country level strategic analysis and knowledge support system (SAKSS). Zambia. Pretoria, South Africa: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA) 116p. (RESAKSS CNA Report 6)
Capacity building ; Assessment ; Knowledge based systems ; Strategy planning ; Agricultural policy ; Stakeholders ; Poverty ; Research institutes ; Policy making ; Legislation ; Investment ; State intervention ; Private sector ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046682)
http://www.resakss.org/2014conference/docs/CNA_Zambia_Final_Report.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046682.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046682.pdf
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17 De Alwis, S. M. D. L. K. 2008. Evaluation of operational performance in Rajangana major Irrigation Scheme. Thesis. Thesis submitted to the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of M.Eng in Environmental Water Resources Engineering and Management. 225p.
Irrigation schemes ; Reservoirs ; Performance indexes ; Indicators ; Assessment ; Agricultural production ; Agricultural economics ; Financing ; Water productivity ; Water balance ; Water use efficiency ; Crops ; Evapotranspiration ; State intervention ; Farmers organizations / Sri Lanka / Rajangana irrigation scheme
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 627.52 G744 DEA Record No: H046348)
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18 Malawi. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD). 2014. Malawi. Joint sector review [JSR] assessment: advancing mutual accountability through comprehensive, inclusive, and technically robust review and dialogue. Lilongwe, Malawi: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD). 63p.
Agricultural development ; Agricultural sector ; Agricultural policy ; Performance indexes ; Planning ; Monitoring ; Investment ; Financing ; Expenditure ; State intervention ; Private sector ; Corporate culture ; Stakeholders ; Development projects ; Food security / Malawi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046816)
http://www.resakss.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Malawi%20JSR_Assessment.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046816.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046816.pdf
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19 Suhardiman, Diana. 2015. Bureaucracy and development: reflections from the Indonesian water sector. Pasir Panjang, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 230p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Water user associations ; Water supply ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Bureaucracy ; Farmers organizations ; Legal aspects ; Policy making ; Decision making ; State intervention ; Management techniques / Indonesia / Kulon Progo District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046835)
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20 Tarimo, A.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2014. Ensuring integrated water resource management in Tanzania benefits all. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) 2p. (IDS Policy Briefing 76)
Water resources ; Water management ; Water users ; River basins ; Smallholders ; State intervention / Tanzania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046844)
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/4827/PB76_Tanzania%20Final%20Web.pdf;jsessionid=E99899B77AF1BADCF18B023E46E23AB1?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046844.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046844.pdf
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