Institutional Structures and Management
According to the International Water Management Institute, institutions evolve depending on the nature of water resource issues that a river basin faces and, in that sense, are not static systems but adaptive and dynamic systems. IWRM’s potential contribution to increasing water productivity lies in its ability to approach natural resource management problems in an integrated fashion. Resources available in this sub-theme include models and evaluations of water management systems, examples of institutional frameworks and others that support managing integrated water resources.
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Institutional Structures and Management Resources
USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Ethiopia
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January 1, 2011U.S. Agency for International Development
Ethiopia's economy and the well-being of its more than 80 million citizens depend on the productivity of its natural resources, principally land and water that are used for production of crops and animals that provide more than 40% of Ethiopia's GDP. Governance of these resources is...Read more
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EthiopiaSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Burundi
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
Since Burundi's independence in 1962, ethnically based political parties have vied for control of the country, resulting in decades of violent conflict. Families have been forced to flee successive waves of conflict, and tens of thousands have been internally displaced or temporarily resettled...Read more
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BurundiSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Central African Republic
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
The Central African Republic (R'publique Centrafricaine, CAR) is a landlocked, sparsely populated country that is well-endowed with natural resources. CAR has abundant land, adequate soil, dense tropical forests, and a wealth of unexploited minerals. However, the country has a history of...Read more
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Central African RepublicSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Democratic Republic of Congo
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo (Kinshasa), is still emerging from a decade of violent conflict. From the time that foreign-based rebel forces ended President Mobutu's 32-year rule in 1997 to Joseph Kabila's election as President and establishment of the...Read more
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Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Kenya
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
In December 2009, the Kenyan Parliament approved the National Land Policy (NLP), the result of a long and intensive process to develop an equitable land policy. The NLP mandates land restitution or resettlement for those who have been dispossessed and calls for reconsideration of constitutional...Read more
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KenyaSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Madagascar
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
Madagascar's unique wildlife and biodiversity resources have attracted both increasing numbers of tourists and significant donor investments over the last three decades. The Government of Madagascar committed itself in 1988 to a new focus on environmental management and, in 2003, to the goal...Read more
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MadagascarSub-Saharan AfricaUSAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Uganda
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January 1, 2010U.S. Agency for International Development
Uganda has fertile soils and abundant natural resources. Control of productive land is inequitably distributed across the regions, between income groups and by gender. The Constitution (1995) vests land in the citizens and recognizes four historic forms of land tenure'customary, leasehold,...Read more
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UgandaSub-Saharan AfricaAnnual Management Plan for the Fishery Sector in Guinea-Bissau
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April 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
As a strategy to prevent the depletion of the commercially valuable fishery stocks in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Guinea-Bissau and increase socioeconomic benefits to the country, the Minsitry of Fisheries proposes the introduction of the 1995 Fisheries Management Plan. The Plan is the...Read more
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Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan AfricaNew guidelines for the National Fishery Policy: Part II -- Promotion of the Private Sector and Development of a National Fishing Fleet
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November 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
The factor that most affects the fishery private sector in Guinea-Bissau is the continual intervention of the Government in the commercial activities of the sector. The problem is complicated by either the delay caused in the execution of the privatization plans by the Government or by, through new...Read more
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Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan AfricaNew Guidelines for the National Fishery Policy: Part I -- Assessment and Recomendations for the Foreign Fishery Policy of Guinea-Bissau
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October 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
The proposals presented in these New Guidelines for the National Fishery Policy for Guinea-Bissau are the result of a study commissioned by the Trade andInvestment Promotion Support, funded by USAID-Bissau. The preliminary document was discussed and enriched with contributions and suggestions from...Read more
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