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.

Institutional Structures and Management Resources

Surface Water Treatment for Communities in Developing Countries

Publication date:
September 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Technologies appropriate for use by developing country communities in designing water treatment plants for public water supplies are presented in this report, which advocates the design of low-cost, labor-intensive plants using indigenous resources. After a chapter on considerations to be addressed...Read more

Review of Institutions in the Water and Sanitation Sector in the Near East

Publication date:
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The substantial increase in recent years in investments in the water and sanitation sector of the Middle East has focused on developing infrastructure in urban areas, with little sustained effort to strengthen the management capacity of sector institutions. This report, based on a review of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Middle East and North Africa

Socioeconomic Aspects of the Fisheries of Oman

Publication date:
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is the realization of four objectives: (1) the analysis of sociocultural survey data collected in 1979; (2) the updating of this analysis with observations made in Oman in 1984; (3) the utilization of the information generated to make sociocultural and economic recommendations...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Middle East and North Africa

Funding Requirements for Adequate Irrigation System Operation and Maintenance - Pakistan

Publication date:
May 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
A consulting team visited Pakistan in 4/84 to review provincial funding levels for irrigation system operation and maintenance (O&M) and to propose new O&M funding targets as dictated by an expanded maintenance program and by changes in Provincial Irrigation Department (PID) staffing and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Pakistan USAID Long-Range Strategy Options for Water Resources

Publication date:
April 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report discusses AID/Pakistan's strategy in water resources. It results from a three-week study by the author in Pakistan made at the request of the Mission. The objective of the study was to produce a report that delineates a recommended long-term strategy for AID/Pakistan's...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Irrigation System Improvement By Simulation and Optimization, Pt. 1: Theory

Publication date:
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
A theory to evaluate improvement alternatives for an irrigation system by way of simulation and optimization is presented. A mathematical simulation model combining existing models of conveyance, application, and water use subsystems was developed and verified using available field data from...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

The Water Resource in Tropical Africa and Its Exploitation

Publication date:
December 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Insight into the wide range of problems concerning water development in tropical Africa, particularly for the benefit of nonspecialists in the field, is provided in this report. The report examines the mechanics of the hydrological cycle, the origins of the wide variations in rainfall, the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Development of Village Hydraulics in the Sahel Countries: Overview and Prospects, Synthesis

Publication date:
October 28, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Surveys of village hydraulics in Sahelian countries (Chad excepted) show that only 25-30% of the region's rural populace has adequate access to potable water. Although greater knowledge of water resources and wider local participation are beginning to improve the supply structure, the latter...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Middle East and North Africa

USAID/Haiti Evaluation of the Irrigation Component of the Integrated Agricultural Development Project

Publication date:
September 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates irrigation component of a project to strengthen the Irrigation Service of Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). Special evaluation covers the period to 8/83 and is based on document review, site visits, and interviews with farmers and with USAID/H, MOA, Ministry of Planning (MOP),...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Haiti
Latin America and the Caribbean

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