Water resources

Case studies

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Asia
• Country case studies

The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
Case studies

CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water Partnership (CPWF)

• Crop water productivity improvement
• Aquatic ecosystems and fisheries
• Integrated basin water management systems
• Global and national food and water system

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Irrigation advisory services for effective water use: a review of experiences

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

All case studies of the resource guide gender and IWRM

Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Integrated water resource management: case studies

International Agricultural Centre
IFAD and water for pro-poor rural development in the context of PRSPs

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Bangladesh: Improving benefits for poor, landless farmers
• Peru: Restoring land use through local water governance and technology in High Andes communities
• Tanzania: Water supply and health project in the marginal areas
• Sudan: Local Governance to Secure Access to Land and Water in the Lower Gash Watershed | versione française
• Water, Economy Investment, Learning and Assessment Indicator (WEILAI) and Rural China: Development and application of a multidimensional tool for project planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Gender and water: securing water for improved rural livelihoods - the multiple-uses system approach

International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IHRA)
Rainwater harvesting in Bangladesh

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

• Empowerment of farmer organizations: the case of the farmer managed irrigated agriculture project, Sind Province Pakistan

• Do equal land and water rights benefit the poor ? Targeted irrigation development: the case of the Andhi Khola irrigation scheme in Nepal
• Integrated development and management of water resources for productive and equitable use in the Indrawati river basin, Nepal
• The transformation of irrigation boards into water user associations in South Africa:
  Vol. I - Vol. II
• More...

United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)

• Restoring livelihoods in Nigeria's wetlands
• Playing to win: managing water in Tanzania

United Nations Development Programme (UNPD)

Mainstreaming gender in water management - Case studies and good practices

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• Focus on real examples: several case studies

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Case studies in integrated water & coastal resources management

Water Aid

Case studies

World Bank
Global water partnership

World Commission on Dams(WCD)

• Brazil Tucurui dam & Amazon/Tocantins river
• Pakistan Tarbela Dam & Indus river basin
• Thailand Pak Mun dam & Mekong/Mun river basins
• Zambia/Zimbabwe Kariba dam & Zambezi river basin
• more...
  

Evaluations

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• The special programme for soil and water conservation and agroforestry
  English - French
• Bangladesh- Small-scale water resources development sector project
• Brazil: community development project for the Rio Gavião region
• Development project for indigenous & Afro-Ecuadorian peoples (PRODEPINE)
• Ethiopia: special country programme

• Exploitation of groundwater resources
• Ghana: Upper East region land conservation  & smallhoder rehabilitation project (LACOSREP)
• Haiti: the small-scale irrigation schemes rehabilitation project
• Madagascar: project de Mise en Valeur du Haut Bassin du Mandrare
• Mali: projet de développement agricole en zone lacustre
• Mauritania: maghama Improved flood recession farming project
• Pakistan: country portfolio
• Tanzania: Kagera agricultural & environmental management project
• Tunisia: Irrigation development project in the governorate of Sidi Bouzi

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

• Monitoring & evaluation indicators for GEF international waters projects (2002)
• Contributions to global & regional agreements (2002)
• Program study on international waters
• Multi country project arrangements (2000)

Glossary and FAQ

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Water for food and ecosystems glossary
• Glossary of land and water terms
• Irrigation glossary

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

Gender and water

International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

• Frequently asked questions
• FAQ sheets
• Questions and answers

Lessons learned

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Approaches to spate irrigation: the Yemen case
• Appropriateness of the training and visit extension method for irrigated agriculture
• Appropriateness of the training and visit extension method for rainfed agriculture
• Approaches to potable water in Yemen
• Exploitation of groundwater resources
• Viability of small-scale irrigation investments in the Middle East

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Learning from experience: water & environmental sanitation in India

Manuals

Knowledge Profiling: Manual

Newsletters

The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
Newsletter

ID21
New directions for water governance

International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
Newsletter

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Newsletter

Photos

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Photo essays

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Photos

The Water Page
Photo gallery

World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Photo library

Publications

The Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)
Publications

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Water for all publication series

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Online documents on water
• Irrigation in Africa in figures l'irrigation en Afrique en chiffres
• Publications on water management
• Crops and drops: making the best use of water for agriculture
  English - French- Spanish - Arabic
• Land-water linkages in rural watersheds
  English- French - Spanish
• Unlocking the water potential of agriculture English - French - Spanish
• Land & water discussion paper
  • A perspective on water control in southern Africa
  • Payment schemes for environmental services in watersheds
• Water harvesting in western & south Africa
• Irrigation & drainage paper
  • Materials for subsurface & land drainage systems
  • Performance analysis of on-demand pressurized irrigation systems
  • Agricultural drainage water management in arid & semi-arid areas
  • Soil salinity assessment
  • Control of water pollution from agriculture
• Water Reports
  • Capacity development in irrigation & drainage
  • Groundwater management
  • Irrigation in Latin America & the Caribbean in figures
  • Deficit irrigation practices
  • Economic valutation of water resources in agriculture
  • Irrigation in Asia
  • Modern water control & irrigation practices in irrigation
  • Water quality management & control of water pollution
  • Water charging in irrigated agriculture

Global International Water Assessment (GIWA)
Publications

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

Publications

ID21 rural development
Communicating development research

• Water supply and sanitation
• Rural water and sanitation
• Water for agricultural use

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Jordan fact sheet
• Linking and water governance
• Water, health and nutrition

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

• Water & poverty: report on the progress of the Latin America & Caribbean regional initiative
• Water governance in Latin America & the Caribbean
• Water resources in Latin America & the Caribbean: issues & options

International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

Publications

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Policy briefings:

• Water for rural development: background paper on water for rural development Prepared for the World Bank
• Reducing poverty through integrated management of groundwater and surface water
• Irrigation management transfer:how to make it work for Africa's smallholders?
• Improving water productivity:how do we get more crop per drop?
• Bringing pumps to people
• More...

The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)

• Dams and stakeholders
• WatSave scenario

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Improving watershed management in developing countries: a framework for prioritizing sites and practices

Sustainable Development International
Water: a crisis of governance says second UN World Water Development Report

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Water, a shared responsibility

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• Water quality: safe water – save lives
• What UNICEF does best in water and sanitation
• Common water and sanitation-related diseases
  

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Water Resources Journal 2004

Water Aid
Documents and publications

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

• Publications
• Value - Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP)

• Water and sanitation in general
• Water resource management and conservation

World Bank

• Water resource management publications & reports
• Water resources and environment technical notes

World commission on Dams
Dams and development

World Health Organization (WHO)

• The right to water
• The international decade for action 2005- 2015
• World day for water 2005
• Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target: a mid-term assessment of progress
• Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems: a training package for managers and planners

World Vision International
A precious resource

World Water Council (WWC)

• Publications and reports

• Financing water for all English - French

• Water policy

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

• Freshwater publications, factsheets, newsletters and position papers
• Publications on or about the conservation of the marine environment

Reports and working papers

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Researches and reports

Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
Research reports

European Water Association (EWA)
Annual reports

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Agriculture, food and water - a contribution to the world water development report
  English - French
• Working paper
  Land & water– the rights interface
  English - French - Spanish - Arabic
• Dry taps ... gender and poverty in water resource management
• Review of world water resources by country
• Irrigated area forecast for 2030
• Water and agriculture in Nile basin
• New dimension on water security
• Wetland development & management
• Preliminary review of the impact of irrigation on poverty

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

Reports

Global Water Partnership (GWP)

• Annual reports
• Effective water governance
• Integrated water management
  English - Arabic - Spanish- French
• Poverty reduction and IWRM
• IWRM & water efficiency plans by 2005: why, what & how?

Institute for Water Education (UNECSO+ IHE)
Annual report 2003

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

Annual reports

Working papers

• Integrated water resources management: institutional & policy reform

• Integrating freshwater ecosystem function & services with water development projects
• Agua y pobreza: Informe de avance sobre la inciativa regional para América Latina y el Caribe

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• The importance of drinking water supplies for rural women
• Water management- pastoralist organizations: the experience of IFAD
• IFAD supporting pastoralism: livestock and infrastructure
• Inputs and infrastructure - improving water resources

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

• Annual reports
• Research report series

International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)
The global water crisis

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) WHO + UNICEF
Global water supply and sanitation assessment 2000 report

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Farm support undermining sustainable use of water, says new OECD report

United Nations Economic Council
The right to water

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• World water development report I | II

• World water resources at the beginning of the 21st century prepared in the framework IHP UNESCO

The Water Page
Policy

Water Aid
Reports

World Water Council (WWC)

• Report for the world panel on financing water infrastructure: financing water for all
• World water actions report
• World water vision report | French | Spanish

Toolkits, guidelines and manuals

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Transfer of irrigation management services guidelines
  English - French - Spanish
• Irrigation guidelines
• Technical handbook on pressurized irrigation techniques

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

Courses

International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water
Resources Management (CAP-NET)

• Training manual and operational guide-integrated water resources management plans

• IWRM and agriculture

United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)
River basin game manual

United Nations Development (UNDP)
Mainstreaming gender and water management

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Guidelines on strategic planning & management of water resources | also in pdf

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Water handbook

World Bank
Rural water supply and sanitation toolkit for multi-sector projects

Training

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Farmer's training manual for participatory training and extension
  in farmers' water management

• Finding suitable education and training courses in irrigation, drainage and flood control
• Irrigation water management training manuals

• Participatory training and extension in farmers water management
• Training in water harvesting

Gender Water Alliance (GWA)

Training and capacity building

International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

Training and advisory

International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (CAP-NET)
Training manual and operational guide-integrated water resources management plans

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