Tanzania is currently attempting to improve water resources management through formal water rights and water fees systems, and formal institutions. The water rights system is expected to facilitate water allocation. The water fees system aims at cost-recovery for water resources management servic...
Mehari, A.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Lankford, B.A.
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[Unchartered innovation?: local reforms of national formal water management in the Mkoji sub-catchment, Tanzania]
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Unchartered innovation?: local reforms of national formal water management in the Mkoji sub-catchment, Tanzania
During the past decade, smallholder groundwater irrigation with motor pumps has increased considerably in Zambia. This study analyzes an important but hitherto ignored factor for adoption: the supply chain of imported motor pumps. The main obstacles for farmers are identified as: the highly centr...
Colenbrander, W.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Improving the supply chain of motor pumps to accelerate mechanized small-scale private irrigation in Zambia]
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Improving the supply chain of motor pumps to accelerate mechanized small-scale private irrigation in Zambia
Tarimo, A.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Ensuring integrated water resource management in Tanzania benefits all]
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Ensuring integrated water resource management in Tanzania benefits all
Schreiner, B.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Establishing hybrid water use rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Establishing hybrid water use rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
In recent decades, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pursued national water permit systems, derived from the colonial era and reinforced by “global best practice.” These systems have proved logistically impossible to manage and have worsened inequality in water access. A new study conduct...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Schreiner, B.
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[A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa]
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A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa
Hellum, A.
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Kameri-Mbote, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The human right to water and sanitation in a legal pluralist landscape: perspectives of southern and eastern African women]
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The human right to water and sanitation in a legal pluralist landscape: perspectives of southern and eastern African women
This article examines community-driven multiple use water services (MUS) as pioneered by the Rural Village Water Resources Management Project (RVWRMP) in the Far and Mid-Western development regions of Nepal. These regions are characterised by poverty, remoteness, rugged terrain, food insecurity, ...
Rautanen, S.L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Wagle, N.
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[Community-driven multiple use water services: Lessons learned by the Rural Village Water Resources Management Project in Nepal]
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Community-driven multiple use water services: Lessons learned by the Rural Village Water Resources Management Project in Nepal
This article traces the history of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in South Africa since the 1970s. It examines IWRM according to its three common pillars, which are also reflected in South Africa's National Water Act: economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and equity. Th...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Schreiner, B.
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[Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa]
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Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa
This article presents findings of the action-research project on the what, why and how of 'multiple-use water services' or MUS, supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (active in 30 sites in 8 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia). The consortium of partners from the domestic ...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Smits, S.
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[Multiple-use water services: climbing the water ladder]
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Multiple-use water services: climbing the water ladder