Policy, Legislation, and Regulation

According to the Water Governance Facility, governance systems determine who gets what water, when, and how. The representation of various interests in water decision-making and the role of politics are important components in addressing governance dynamics. Resources available in this sub-theme include national water and sanitation plans and guidelines for improving the performance of municipal water and sanitation operators, among other resources that support water policies, legislation, and regulation.

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Policy, Legislation, and Regulation Resources

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Kenya

Published: 
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
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KenyaSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Liberia

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This country fact sheet describes the freshwater resource quantity, quality and use distribution in the country. It also discusses the legal framework for water use and the institutional structure which governs water supply.Read more
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LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Madagascar

Published: 
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
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MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Malawi

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This country fact sheet describes the freshwater resource quantity, quality and use distribution in the country. It also discusses the legal framework for water use and the institutional structure which governs water supply.Read more
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MalawiSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Mali

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This country fact sheet describes the freshwater resource quantity, quality and use distribution in the country. It also discusses the legal framework for water use and the institutional structure which governs water supply.Read more
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MaliSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Pakistan

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
The densely-settled Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) in Pakistan produces food and the commodities that drive industry, with cotton textiles accounting for some 50-60% of exports. The IBIS is a resource shared with India, and while 90% of the IBIS land area is in Pakistan, a treaty with India...Read more
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PakistanSouth East Asia

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Senegal

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This country fact sheet describes the freshwater resource quantity, quality and use distribution in the country. It also discusses the legal framework for water use and the institutional structure which governs water supply.Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Sierra Leone

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This country fact sheet describes the freshwater resource quantity, quality and use distribution in the country. It also discusses the legal framework for water use and the institutional structure which governs water supply.Read more
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Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Tajikistan

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
Tajikistan's economy is largely based on its substantial water resources, which are used for the irrigation of cotton, the country's primary agricultural crop, and the production of aluminum, its principal industrial export. Two great river systems (the Amu/Panj and Syr Darya) dominate...Read more
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TajikistanEurope and Central Asia

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Uganda

Published: 
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
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UgandaSub-Saharan Africa

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