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
Paying for Environmental Performance: Using Reverse Auctions to Allocate Funding for Conservation
Published:
January 1, 2007World Resources Institute
This publication explains how reverse auctions can be used as a cost-effective method for allocating funding in US Farm Bill Conservation Programs.Read more
Fertile Ground: Nutrient Trading's Potential to Cost-Effectively Improve Water Quality
Published:
May 1, 2000World Resources Institute
This seminal publication explores the cost effectiveness and environmental performance of various strategies to reduce phosphorus loads in nutrient-impaired waterways.Read more
Supporting The Creation of a Watershed Authority in The Souss-Massa River Basin of Morocco
Published:
June 1, 1999U.S. Agency for International Development
The aim of this report is to develop an initial vision for new watershed planning and management of integrated water resources with the objectives of: conducting situational analysis of water resources in the basin, suggesting approaches for participatory planning and identifying areas in which...Read more
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MoroccoMiddle East and North AfricaEvaluation of the Jamaican Urban Environmental Program for On-Site Sanitation
Published:
July 1, 1997U.S. Agency for International Development
Final evaluation of an onsite environmental sanitation program (7/95-7/97) implemented as part of a Housing Guaranty Project in two peri-urban communities in Montego Bay, Jamaica. the Sanitation Support Unit (SSU) of the Construction Resource and Development Center (CRDC), a Jamaican NGO, was the...Read more
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JamaicaLatin America and the CaribbeanActivity Report: Plan for CDS to Establish a Water and Sanitation District in Haiti
Published:
May 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
This project was designed to support the Centers pour le Development et la Sante in Haiti in establishing an autonomous organization capable of managing the UNDP-financed water supply system and providing environmental sanitation services with revenues from the sale of water. Read more
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HaitiLatin America and the CaribbeanWater System Design Seminar: May 14 and May 15, 1996 (Jerusalem, Israel)
Published:
May 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID is currently financing the construction of water networks for a number of villages and municipalities on the West Bank. Deficiencies were observed by USAID in recent water network
design related to hydraulic efficiency and the use of costly materials. Specific examples include: use of costly...Read more
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West Bank and GazaMiddle East and North AfricaInstitutional Framework for Irrigation: Proceedings of a Workshop, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1-5 November 1993
Published:
November 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
Document outlines a key event in a sequence of workshops and seminars in Langkawi, Malaysia, of senior officials, from many departments concerned with irrigated agriculture and its consequences. A common theme at the meetings was the question of institutions. Leaders of the irrigated agriculture...Read more
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South East AsiaPromoting Community Participation in Municipal Services: Potable Water Project in Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Published:
July 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
In March 1991, the Municipality of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, reached an agreement with the national water authority to allow the municipality to assume administration of the municipal water system. This would be the nation's first experiment with decentralization of a utility service. Under the...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanAnnual Management Plan for the Fishery Sector in Guinea-Bissau
Published:
April 1, 1995U.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 AfricaServices of Provincial Irrigation Offices to Communal Irrigation Systems in Western Visayas, the Philippines
Published:
January 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
With NIA's efforts toward institutional development and turnover of irrigation systems, donor-assisted irrigation projects in the recent past have included the development of Irrigators' Associations and irrigation management transfer as major components in project implementation. This...Read more
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PhilippinesEast Asia and PacificDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.