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

Evaluation Plan for Rural Water Supply Projects

Publication date:
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents a system for evaluating rural water-supply projects. Stresses clarifying project design and identifying promising evaluation approaches. Though field work was conducted in Upper Volta, in Western Africa, the evaluation plan is designed to be generally applicable to rural water projects...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Project Paper Factsheet - Inland Fisheries Development

Publication date:
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
A proposal to create within the Government of Jamaica the institutional capacity and technical expertise to design and implement an inland fisheries program involving applied research, experimentation and an inland fisheries extension program.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Watercourse Improvement in Pakistan; Pilot Study in Cooperation With Farmers At Tubewell 56L

Publication date:
January 1, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
Over half the water supplied to the watercourse at Tubewell 56L was lost before it reached the farmers' fields. This loss was primarily through the upper porous portions of the banks and in the vicinity of junctions where banks were thin. The 35 farmers in the 900-acre area served by this...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Project Recommendation - Inland Fisheries Development

Publication date:
March 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
A proposal to extend the Inland Fisheries Development Project, urging the Government of Jamaica to consider how the impact of the project could be multiplied to reach a greater number of small farmers than the 260 discussed in the first proposal.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Institutional Framework for Improved on - Farm Water Management in Pakistan

Publication date:
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
Sufficient data has been collected and analyzed to define some of the major irrigation water management problems in Pakistan, as well as the technologies that could be employed to correct many of these problems. Thus, there is a strong basis for undertaking a program of improved on-farm water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Pakistan
South East Asia

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programs in Tunisia

Publication date:
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is a consultant's review, analysis, and recommendations regarding Tunisian rural water supply and sanitation programs. The report evaluates and approves the appropriateness of the technology used in these projects.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Tunisia
Middle East and North Africa

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources: Annual Report for 1975/1976

Publication date:
January 1, 1976
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The primary focus has been on delivery and removal components of the water chain with emphasis on practices applicable to the small farmer and on drain-systems. A secondary focus also was maintained on other elements of the water chain. Response capabilities have been augmented resulting in notable...Read more

Project Paper - Inland Fisheries Development

Publication date:
February 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
A project paper on the Inland Fisheries Development Project, which aimed to improve the nutritious content of indigenous Jamaican foods through the creation of a viable inland fish industry.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources; Annual Technical Report, 1973/1974

Publication date:
January 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
Report: Utah State University has special emphasis in "on-farm water management;" Colorado State University in "water delivery and removal systems and relevant institutional development," and the University of Arizona in "watershed systems." Since these universities...Read more

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