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

Circle of Blue - Choke Point India (Wilson Center)

Skoll Global Threats Fund
U.S. Agency for International Development
Global Choke Point is a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center, and explores the peril and promise of water, food, and energy, through frontline reporting, data, and policy expertise.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

Development of Low Cost Drip Irrigation in Myanmar

iDE
This paper is a more condensed version of "Low Pressure Drip Irrigation for Commercial Vegetables in Myanmar" and describes the experience of Proximity Designs (formerly iDE Myanmar) of drip irrigation for smallholder farmers.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Myanmar
East Asia and Pacific

Senegal River Basin Planning

U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper provides an overview of the Senegal River Basin and its uses, as well as a planning strategy for utilizing resources in the basin.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Senegal
Sub-Saharan Africa

Managing the Flow to Better Use, Preserve Arizona's Rivers

The National Institutes for Water Resources
River management plans are varied and complex, strategically developed for the circumstances of individual rivers. A river management plan may involve a single agency regulating a river or a more comprehensive effort, with varied organizations, from grassroots to federal, working together to ensure...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Knowledge Sharing Resources from WASHFunders.Org

Foundation Center
Links to WASH-related online resources, which are categorized into: evaluation databases, foundations, governmental/multilateral networks/partnerships, news/blogs, non-governmental organizations and research.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

The Understanding Water Supply: General Considerations

U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is one of a series published by Volunteers in Technical Assistance to provide an introduction to specific state-of-the-art technologies of interest to people in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to provide basic information and data for those individuals responsible for...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

USAID Water and Development Strategy, 2013-2018

Foundation Center
U.S. Agency for International Development
The first global Water and Development Strategy outlines the approach that will guide USAID's water programming through 2018. The Strategy emphasizes sustainability, working through host country systems, using emerging science and technology, and learning from past efforts.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Water and Development Strategy: Implementation Field Guide

Foundation Center
U.S. Agency for International Development
This periodically updated document is intended to serve as a reference tool to help USAID Operating Units understand and apply the agency's 2013-2018 Water and Development Strategy. By publicly sharing the document, USAID aims to ensure coordination of their efforts with the wider water sector.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

O&M Costs in Irrigation: Reappearing Government and Farmer Responsibilities and Rights

U.S. Agency for International Development
The amount of money governments spend on irrigation development continues to be a matter of major policy concern, the more so as "the fiscal crisis" constraints governments not only in the developing world but in the U.S. as well. A discussion of the state of the art in this policy area...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Everyone, Everywhere: A Vision for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Post-2015

Foundation Center
WaterAid America
This report holds the tone that as the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era draws to a close, there is a growing consensus among sector professionals that, for the first time in history, this longstanding goal of universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene is now within reach...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
North America
United States

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