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: 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
Regional focus: 
MaliSub-Saharan Africa

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: 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

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Zambia

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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ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa

Annual Management Plan for the Fishery Sector in Guinea-Bissau

Published: 
April 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
As a strategy to prevent the depletion of the commercially valuable fishery stocks in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Guinea-Bissau and increase socioeconomic benefits to the country, the Minsitry of Fisheries proposes the introduction of the 1995 Fisheries Management Plan. The Plan is the...Read more
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Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa

New guidelines for the National Fishery Policy: Part II -- Promotion of the Private Sector and Development of a National Fishing Fleet

Published: 
November 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
The factor that most affects the fishery private sector in Guinea-Bissau is the continual intervention of the Government in the commercial activities of the sector. The problem is complicated by either the delay caused in the execution of the privatization plans by the Government or by, through new...Read more
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Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa

New Guidelines for the National Fishery Policy: Part I -- Assessment and Recomendations for the Foreign Fishery Policy of Guinea-Bissau

Published: 
October 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
The proposals presented in these New Guidelines for the National Fishery Policy for Guinea-Bissau are the result of a study commissioned by the Trade andInvestment Promotion Support, funded by USAID-Bissau. The preliminary document was discussed and enriched with contributions and suggestions from...Read more
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Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa

Development of National Water Supply and Sanitation Plans in Africa

Published: 
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Safe potable water and sanitary disposal of human wastes for all were one of the primary goals of the United Nations Water Conference at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1977. The action plan developed at this conference called for the establishment of an International Drinking Water Supply and...Read more
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Sub-Saharan Africa

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