Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The ...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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Rap, Edwin
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies]
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Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies
The aim of the research project is to lift Afghanistan out of the identified knowledge gap on its water resources and therefore enable Afghanistan to remove her barrier to sustainable water resource development and management in the Amu Darya basin. At the same time it is anticipated to provide t...
Wegerich, Kai
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[Lifting Afghanistan to become an equal riparian member within the Amu Darya Basin. Project proposal prepared by IWMI Central Asia office for the SPECA Economic Forum on Launching a plan of action to strengthen stability and sustainable development of Afghanistan through regional economic cooperation in Central Asia, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 7-8 June 2011]
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Lifting Afghanistan to become an equal riparian member within the Amu Darya Basin. Project proposal prepared by IWMI Central Asia office for the SPECA Economic Forum on Launching a plan of action to strengthen stability and sustainable development of Afghanistan through regional economic cooperation in Central Asia, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 7-8 June 2011
While there has been a regional and international focus on large reservoirs in Central Asia, smaller transboundary reservoirs within the Ferghana Valley have been overlooked. The valley is shared by Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, three riparian countries of the upstream Syr Darya. Locate...
Pak, M.
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Competition and benefit sharing in the Ferghana Valley: Soviet negotiations on transboundary small reservoir construction]
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Competition and benefit sharing in the Ferghana Valley: Soviet negotiations on transboundary small reservoir construction
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Mirzaev, N.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Jumaboev, Kahramon
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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[Participatory water governance: lessons from the Ferghana Valley]
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Participatory water governance: lessons from the Ferghana Valley
Permanent international river basin organizations (IRBOs) come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from mainly facilitative in nature to those empowered to act on their own. Although differences in IRBO types may have important impacts on transboundary water resources management, systematic analysi...
Lautze, Jonathan
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Yakubov, Murat
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[International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights]
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International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights
In this article the suggested permit and license systems included in the draft Afghan Water Law of 2008 (superseding those laws of 1981 and 1991) are examined by comparing them with main canal data from two pilot studies within the Kunduz Basin. The comparison highlights the difficulty of making ...
The management of water resources according to hydrological boundaries at different implementation levels (river basin, irrigation system, or water user association) is promoted internationally. This approach to water management, especially for the basin, is starting to be challenged from differe...
Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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Musayev, Sardorbek
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[Is it possible to shift to hydrological boundaries?: the Ferghana Valley meshed system]
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Is it possible to shift to hydrological boundaries?: the Ferghana Valley meshed system
In discussing the 1997 UN Watercourse Convention, McCaffrey (1998) gave a theoretical example of the late-developer problem. This paper complements that theoretical example with a real case study of the Zerafshan basin in Central Asia. While McCalliey addressed the water quantity issue in his exa...
Olsson, V.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kabilov, Firdavs
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[Water quantity and quality in the Zerafshan River Basin: only an upstream riparian problem?]
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Water quantity and quality in the Zerafshan River Basin: only an upstream riparian problem?
The river basin management approach in the Syr Darya basin fragmented after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. However, this approach had already created dependencies between riparian states such as transboundary water control infrastructure. At the national level, these states hardly cooper...
Wegerich, Kai
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Kabilov, Firdavs
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Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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[Meso-level cooperation on transboundary tributaries and infrastructure in the Ferghana Valley]
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Meso-level cooperation on transboundary tributaries and infrastructure in the Ferghana Valley
Stucki, V.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Rahaman, M.M.
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Varis, O.
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[Introduction: water and security in Central Asia�solving a Rubik's Cube]
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Introduction: water and security in Central Asia�solving a Rubik's Cube