Achieving water security has emerged as a major objective in Africa, yet an analytical or diagnostic framework for assessing water security in African countries is not known to exist. This paper applies one key dimension of the 2016 Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asian Water Development Outlook (...
Holmatov, Bunyod
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Makin, Ian
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[Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa]
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Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa
Lautze, Jonathan
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Phiri, Z.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Saruchera, D.
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[Tha Zambizi River Basin: water and sustainable development]
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Tha Zambizi River Basin: water and sustainable development
The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Pérez, Nicostrato D.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, Tingju
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
Joshi, N.M.
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Subedee, S.
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Pandey, D. R.
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[Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar on Irrigation in Local Adaptation and Resilience, 11-12 April 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal]
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Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar on Irrigation in Local Adaptation and Resilience, 11-12 April 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal
The chapter discusses how adopting a holistic methodology that acknowledges socio-logical factors, including community participation, public involvement, social perception, attitudes, gender roles and public acceptance, would lead to improvements in wastewater management practice. It highlights t...
Saad, D.
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Byrne, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater]
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Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater
Bird, Jeremy
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[Water security and climate change challenges in developing countries]
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Water security and climate change challenges in developing countries
The attainment of food and water security rank high on the agendas of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although the objectives are similar, the underlying drivers, resource endowments and opportunities for achieving them are different. Di...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?]
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Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?
In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation. In terms of the global area of irrigation (320 Mha...
Lankford, B.A.
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Makin, Ian W.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change']
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A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change'
Sadoff, C.W.
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Hall, J.W.
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Grey, D.
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Aerts, J.C.J.H.
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Ait-Kadi, M.
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Brown, C.
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Cox, A.
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Dadson, S.
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Garrick, D.
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Kelman, J.
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Whittington, D.
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Wiberg, D.
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[Securing water, sustaining growth. Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth]
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Securing water, sustaining growth. Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth