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

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Burundi

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Burundi
Sub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Central African Republic

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Democratic Republic of Congo

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Sub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Egypt

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
The vast majority of Egypt's territory is unusable or low-value desert. Its agriculture and population are largely confined to the narrow Nile River Valley and Delta, about 4% of Egypt's total land area. All of the limited agricultural land is irrigated and most is productive, but...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

Quarterly Progress Report (October - December 2009) Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support Program

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This USAID quarterly report outlines the activities for the USAID funded Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support (WWSS) program. The report focuses on cross-cutting functional areas which include: business planning, performance management, financial management, operations and maintenance, program...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Kenya

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa

Leakage Detection Survey of the Qaraoun Dam, Lebanon Using Remotely Operated Vehicle

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
In April of 2010 a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspection was completed on the upstream face of the Qaraoun Dam in Lebanon. The survey was completed under contract with International Resources Group (IRG) of Washington, D.C. with funding from the United States Agency for International...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Madagascar

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Madagascar
Sub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Uganda

Publication date:
January 1, 2010
U.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
Regional/Country focus:
Uganda
Sub-Saharan Africa

Quarterly Progress Report (July - September 2009) Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support Project

Publication date:
October 1, 2009
U.S. Agency for International Development
This USAID quarterly report discusses the progress made on utility strengthening for wastewater subsidiaries to strengthen operational performance. USAID's activities are focused on increasing the Government of Egypt's capacity do increase the financial and commercial viability of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

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