This report analyzes the influence of agrarian transformations on the feminization of agricultural production in rural Tajikistan. It explores women’s multiple labor relations for meeting basic needs of the household. The evidence shows that households have to depend on more types of agricultural...
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Land reforms and feminization of agricultural labor in Sughd province, Tajikistan]
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Land reforms and feminization of agricultural labor in Sughd province, Tajikistan
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, O.
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Wegerich, Kai
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Kabilov, F.
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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?
Logframes are fundamental to contemporary development. However, there are ongoing debates about their efficacy. This paper pinpoints the limitations of the logframe approach in a water project in Central Asia. Issues surrounding logframes are identified. These include addressing internal risks; t...
Yamaswari, I.A.C.
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Sleeping with the enemy?: capturing internal risks in the logical framework of a water management project]
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Sleeping with the enemy?: capturing internal risks in the logical framework of a water management project
Although originally conceived as farmer organizations, today water user associations (WUAs) are expected to incorporate different water users and uses. However, the inclusion of different client groups in WUAs’ governance and management structure and the expansion of their service provision appea...
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Integration of villages into WUAs-the rising challenge for local water management in Uzbekistan]
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Integration of villages into WUAs-the rising challenge for local water management in Uzbekistan
Recently, large-scale surface-water or canal irrigation systems have been termed 'a sunset industry' (Rijsberman 2003). Handing over this sunset industry by means of irrigation management transfer (IMT) policies and the creation of water user associations (WUAs) has three main objectives: to incr...
Wegerich, Kai
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[Handing over the sunset: external factors influencing the establishment of water user associations in Uzbekistan: evidence from Khorezm province]
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Handing over the sunset: external factors influencing the establishment of water user associations in Uzbekistan: evidence from Khorezm province
This report presents a discussion among IWMI?s Asian researchers on the strategy for policy research on canal irrigation in India. Poor service delivery, persistence of head-tail inequity, growing gap between irrigation potential created and utilized, shrinking of command area despite growing inv...
Shah, Tushaar
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Anwar, Arif A.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Reddy, Junna Mohan
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Molle, Francois
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MMukherji, Aditi
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.]
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Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.
Here, more than 100 years of incumbency reports on officers of the irrigation bureaucracy of Punjab, Pakistan, are presented and analyzed. The data highlight how representation changed before and after partition within the irrigation bureaucracy. The data show that the irrigation bureaucracy incr...
Wegerich, Kai
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Hussain, Asghar
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[Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan]
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Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan
In discussing the 1997 UN Watercourses 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 McCaffrey addressed the water quantity issue in his ex...
Olsson, O.
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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 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
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 coope...
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