Institutional Change and Irrigation Management in Burkina Faso
Institutional Change and Irrigation Management in Burkina Faso

Author: Charlotte van der Schaaf

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 3825816249

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Water and land policies form the basis for this study on the realities of policy implementation and outcomes at the local level. The empirical study focuses on two small-scale irrigation systems in Burkina Faso. It contributes to the discussion on the widespread trend to transfer management responsibilities, through the ongoing decentralisation process, from the state to water user associations. The study shows the intra-community power structures and changing relationships between state actors and the community and the consequences for the management of these systems and the related natural resources.

The Political Ecology of Household Water in Northern Ghana
The Political Ecology of Household Water in Northern Ghana

Author: Irit Eguavoen

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 3825816133

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Household water provides the entry point for this ethnography and study of institutional change. The book discusses the political economy of poverty and presents the polyphone discourse on water and the environment. It outlines water history and water rights from the 1970s onwards, and analyzes social dynamics. It offers a critical voice in the debate on climate change by arguing that local and global perceptions are not necessarily coherent.

Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research
Expanding the Frontiers of Irrigation Management Research

Author: Douglas J. Merrey

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9290903465

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Research results: performances assessment; Research results: design and operation of irrigation systems; Research results: policy, institutions, and management; Research results: health and environment; Training and institutional strengthening; Conclusions: outputs, impacts, and future directions.

Water
Water

Author: Unesco

Publisher: UN-HABITAT

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9231040065

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This illustrated report sets out a global review of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective work of 24 United Nations agencies, following on from the conclusions of the first UN World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life' published in 2003 (ISBN 9231038818). This second edition discusses progress towards the water-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals and examines a range of key issues including population growth and increasing urbanisation, changing ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as risk management, valuing and paying for water and increasing knowledge and capacity. It contains 16 case studies which consider key challenges in water resource management and makes a number of recommendations to guide future action and encourage sustainable use, productivity and management of our increasingly scarce freshwater resources.

Irrigation and River Basin Management
Irrigation and River Basin Management

Author: Mark Svendsen

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781845930219

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With increasing water scarcity, pressure to re-allocate water from agriculture to other uses mounts, along with a need to put in place institutional arrangements to promote 'higher value' uses of water. Many developing countries are now experimenting with establishing new institutional arrangements for managing water at the river basin level.This book, based on research by IWMI and others, reviews basin management in six developed and developing countries. It describes and applies a functional theory of river basin management, based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions required to manage basins effectively and a set of basic conditions that enable effective management institutions to emerge. The book examines the experiences of both developed and developing countries in order to see what lessons can be learned and to identify what constitutes the core of a 'theory of river basin management'. It concludes that although it is difficult for developing countries to adopt approaches and institutional designs directly from developed countries, basic principles and lessons are transferable.

Improving irrigation project planning and implementation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diagnosis and recommendations
Improving irrigation project planning and implementation processes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Diagnosis and recommendations

Author:

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 2006-01-23

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 9290906138

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Weaknesses in planning and implementation (P&I) have been identified as one of the main reasons for the disappointing results of agricultural water development and management projects. Based on a review and critical analysis of experiences and case studies in sub-Saharan Africa, this studycomponent proposes practical ways of improving performance related to planning and implementation and thereby enhancing the returns to investments in agricultural water.

Poverty and the Environment
Poverty and the Environment

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007-11-15

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0821372246

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Drawing upon recent analytical work prepared inside and outside the World Bank, this report identifies key lessons concerning the linkages between poverty and the environment. With a focus on the contribution of environmental resources to household welfare, the analysis increases our understanding of how specific reforms and interventions can have an impact on the health and livelihoods of poor people. 'Scholars and development practitioners increasingly recognize that in low-income countries there are inextricable links between poverty reduction and natural resources management. Demand has grown immensely for not only more, but better empirical evidence on those links. This volume offers a careful synthesis of key findings from growing literature on the environmental determinants of household welfare, as reflected by indicators of consumption, health, and income. The primary contribution of this study is that is has drawn out vital policy conclusions that will be of value to organizations and governments concerned about poverty and the environment in the developing world.' --Professor Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin
Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin

Author: Eric Antwi Ofosu

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-12-16

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1466552824

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Sub-Saharan Africa has an irrigation potential of about 42 million hectares of which only 17% is developed. Despite several investments in irrigation the growth is slow. This study aims at helping to achieve sustainable irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, through gaining a better understanding of productive irrigation water use and effective manageme

Fieldwork in Difficult Environments
Fieldwork in Difficult Environments

Author: Caleb Wall

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 3825812820

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This book contains personal accounts of PhD researchers on doing field research in politically and otherwise difficult environments. The methodological flexibility required in development research is discussed around four themes: cultural difference; methodological style and the scale level; communication and interaction; and political and ethical legitimacy. The volume argues that the choice and deployment of methodology is an ongoing, reflexive process of "boundary work".