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.

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Institutional Structures and Management Resources

Irrigation Management Transfer: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Irrigation Management Transfer

Published: 
September 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
Transfer of irrigation management responsibilities from governments to farmer organizations has become national policy in many countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In September, 1994, an international conference on the subject, the first of its kind, was convened in Wuhan, China. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
ChinaEast Asia and Pacific

Oman Project Paper Amendment: Water Resources Development

Published: 
August 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
An amendment to expand the Oman project for three years to improve the capability of key water resources institutions necessary to plan, develop and manage Oman's limited water resources in a rational and coordinated manner, and to strengthen the institutions and physical facilities which...Read more
Regional focus: 
OmanMiddle East and North Africa

Plan for the Formation of a Strategic Research Unit: Water Research Center, Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
The Egyptian Water Research Center (WRC), which supoprt the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources (MPWWR), has identified the need for building Institute capacity to design and implement strategic research studies to enhance planning and policy capabilities within MPWWR. This paper assesses...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Models of Management Systems for the Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report considers the many issues and actors that influence the development of operations and maintenance management systems for rural water supply and sanitation facilities in developing countries. It describes models in eight representative countries and offers guidance to planners and...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Audit of CH2M HILL International Corporation

Published: 
January 7, 1993
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentCH2M HILL
The attached report dated November 3, 1992 presents the results of a financial audit of CH2M Hill International Corporation locally incurred costs, under a contract relating to the Water Supply II Project, funded by USAID/Egypt. Through the direct contract with USAID/Egypt, CH2M provides necessary...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Development of a Behavior-Based Monitoring System for the Health Education Component of the Rural Water and Health Project, CARE-Guatemala

Published: 
July 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
During February 1992, the WASH project provided technical assistance to CARE-Guatemala to develop a simple monitoring system for assessment and improvement of its water and sanitation program, with a special focus on health education. This effort resulted in a ground-breaking technical approach...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Promoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of guiding principles and feasible strategies on trade and fiscal policies affecting irrigated agriculture in Sri Lanka, which would contribute to achieving high profitability in these systems in the future. The paper also sets out broad guidelines for...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Crafting Institutions: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines an approach to the design of irrigation institutions that is useful to officials in donor agencies, host governments, and other organizations involved in designing irrigation projects in developing countries. The crafting of irrigation institutions is an ongoing process that...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Executive Summary: Final Report on Institutional Development of The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB)

Published: 
August 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The implementation timeframe of this institutional development effort was almost six a half years of continuing consultant input. Many lessons were l earned in this this period and many of these lessons are highly relevant, not just to the specific case of the National Water Supply and Drainage...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Institutional Framework for Management of Irrigation Systems and Building Farmers' Organizations

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the second of the ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of eight staff working papers on the issues related to this topic. The paper describes the institutional arrangements for irrigation management at the policy and field levels and in all...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

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