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
,
Giordano, Mark
,
Rap, Edwin
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
[Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies]
,
Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies
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.
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
[Competition and benefit sharing in the Ferghana Valley: Soviet negotiations on transboundary small reservoir construction]
,
Competition and benefit sharing in the Ferghana Valley: Soviet negotiations on transboundary small reservoir construction
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
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
,
Yakubov, Murat
,
[International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights]
,
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 ...
While in the international literature water sharing in the Syr Darya Basin per past agreements is widely portrayed as most benefiting Uzbekistan, here the dynamics of water allocation within small transboundary tributaries in Ferghana Province show Uzbekistan as benefiting least. The case study h...
Wegerich, Kai
,
Soliev, I.
,
Akramova, Indira
,
[Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province]
,
Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province
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.
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
Kabilov, F.
,
[Water quantity and quality in the Zerafshan River Basin: only an upstream riparian problem?]
,
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.
,
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
,
Lautze, Jonathan
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
[Sleeping with the enemy?: capturing internal risks in the logical framework of a water management project]
,
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
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
[Integration of villages into WUAs-the rising challenge for local water management in Uzbekistan]
,
Integration of villages into WUAs-the rising challenge for local water management in Uzbekistan
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
,
Anwar, Arif A.
,
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
,
Hoanh, Chu Thai
,
Reddy, Junna Mohan
,
Molle, Francois
,
MMukherji, Aditi
,
Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
,
Suhardiman, Diana
,
Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
,
Wegerich, Kai
,
[Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.]
,
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
,
Hussain, Asghar
,
[Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan]
,
Creating accountability: representation and responsiveness of the irrigation bureaucracy in Punjab, Pakistan