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Irrigation management institutions in transition: a look back, a look forward
Mark Svendsen,Ruth Meinzen-Dick +1 more
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In this article, the authors explore current dissatisfaction withpast irrigation improvement approaches and examine reasons such dissatisfaction is so widespread, and build on these themes to speculate on directions inwhich both public irrigation agencies and local level management institutions will evolve in the future.Abstract:
The paper explores current dissatisfaction withpast irrigation improvement approaches and examines reasonssuch dissatisfaction is so widespread. It reviews past andcurrent efforts to improve irrigation management in developingcountries and deduces themes with implications for the future. Finally it builds on these themes to speculate on directions inwhich both public irrigation agencies and local levelmanagement institutions will evolve in the future.read more
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Beyond panaceas in water institutions.
TL;DR: A study of the variable performances of user groups for canal irrigation in India illustrates the factors that affect institutional performance and identifies the critical factors affecting irrigation institutions that can lead to sustainable approaches that are adapted to specific contextual attributes.
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International River Basins of the World
TL;DR: The Register of International Rivers as mentioned in this paper was updated in order to reflect the quantum changes that have taken place over the last 22 years, both in global geopolitics and in map coverage and technology.
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Politics, Plurality and Problemsheds: A Strategic Approach for Reform of Agricultural Water Resources Management
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internalisation of ecological sustainability, human development/poverty alleviation and democratic governance into the "core business" of water bureaucracies is to be overcome.
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The water-energy-food security nexus through the lenses of the value chain and the Institutional Analysis and Development frameworks.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study food, energy and water value chains as networks of action situations (NAS) where actors' decisions depend not only on the institutional structure of a particular situation but also on the decisions made in related situations.
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Transition from Karez to Tubewell Irrigation: Development, Modernization and Social Capital in Balochistan, Pakistan
TL;DR: The transition from traditional karez-based irrigation to pumping of groundwater by tubewells is also leading to erosion of karez centered social capital in the province of Balochistan.
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Markets in tradable water rights: Potential for efficiency gains in developing country water resource allocation
TL;DR: The establishment of tradable water rights could play an important role in improving the efficiency, equity, and sustainability of water use in developing countries as discussed by the authors, and the institutional requirements, potential and feasibility of developing markets in tradable Water rights should receive increased attention from researchers and policy makers.
Water resources management. World Bank policy paper
TL;DR: Water resources have been one of the most important areas of World Bank lending during the past three decades as mentioned in this paper and the Bank and governments have not taken sufficient account of environmental concerns in the management of water resources.
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The management of risk: Informal trade in Indonesia
Hans-Dieter Evers,Ozay Mehmet +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the economic conditions of the informal trade sector and risk avoidance strategies of traders are analyzed on the basis of a large-scale survey on informal sector trade in Central Java, Indonesia, and policy measures to aid petty traders in their endeavor to reduce risk and maintain their businesses are outlined.
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Macroeconomic management and the division of powers in Brazil : perspectives for the nineties
TL;DR: The authors examines the implications of the new fiscal arrangements for the exercise of macroeconomic policies by the federal government and examines how recent changes in the division of powers among federal, state, and local governments in Brazil have affected the conditions for macroeconomic management in that country.