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As defined by the UNDP Water Governance Facility, water governance is determined by the political, social, economic, and administrative systems that are in place. These systems can both directly and indirectly affect the use, development, and management of water resources and the delivery of water services delivery at different levels of society. Improving governance for economic, environmental, and social sustainability is possible through the establishment of stronger public and private institutions, policies, legislation, and processes. Topics addressed in this theme include the principles of equity and efficiency, water administration, the roles of government and other stakeholders, and the frameworks to balance water use between socio-economic activities and ecosystems.

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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
Regional focus: 
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
Regional focus: 
UgandaSub-Saharan Africa

Planning for Climate Change in the West

Published: 
January 1, 2010
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Central to the mission of Western Lands and Communities is planning for climate change. This policy focus report began as a Lincoln Institute Working Paper by Rebecca Carter (2008) titled 'Land Use Planning and the Changing Climate of the West.' The paper highlights how local planners...Read more
Regional focus: 
North AmericaUnited StatesPacific

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
Regional focus: 
ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa

Guidelines for Improving the Financial Performance of Municipal Water and Sanitation Operators

Published: 
September 1, 2009
U.S. Agency for International Development
I could not find the drop-down LAC: Mexico, so I tagged it as NA: Mexico. This document recommends general guidelines for improving the financial performance of water and sanitation operators in Mexico. The guidelines can be used to inform municipal governments and water operators of regulatory...Read more
Regional focus: 
Mexico

Emerging Private Sector Participation Arrangements for Solid Waste Management in India

Published: 
May 1, 2001
U.S. Agency for International Development
India produces approximately 48 million tons of urban solid waste annually. Current generation is about 0.46 kg per capita per day, two to three times more than rural waste generation and is increasing by 1.3% per year. These increases and changes will further stress already limited financial...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Local Government Water Services (Lgws): Quarterly Progress Report No. 2 -- January-March 2001

Published: 
April 1, 2001
U.S. Agency for International Development
The local government water services project is providing direct financial, managerial and technical assistance and training 20 Indonesian municipal water utilities to achieve full cost recovery and expansion of their services over a 36 month period. Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Principles of Sharing Costs Associated With Operation and Maintenance of The Water Facilities of Interstate Joint Use

Published: 
August 1, 1999
U.S. Agency for International Development
Assistance is being provided to the Interstate Council for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to develop regional principles of financing of operation and maintenance of international trans boundary water facilities in the region.Read more
Regional focus: 
Europe and Central Asia

Water Utilities Conference Report: July 15-16, 1999, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Published: 
July 1, 1999
U.S. Agency for International Development
Five Central Asian countries attended the water utilities conference in Kazakhstan to determine what water utilities need to do to obtain loans from international donors and how they will have to reform their operations.Read more
Regional focus: 
Europe and Central Asia

Audit of USAID/Egypt's Water and Wastewater Activities

Published: 
June 1, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document audits the progress of USAID/Egypt's water and wastewater (W/WW) activities and the Mission's use of the Agency's new planning and performance measurement systems to evaluate its program. Evaluation covers the period 8/29/79-12/31/96. USAID/Egypt's strategic plan...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

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