Because of increasing water scarcity in developing countries, poor people are suffering greatly from ?water deprivation.? One approach to improving water resources management is to develop river basin management institutions. This paper contrasts government-dominated approaches to forming such institutions with attempts to create stakeholder-based institutions. Two cases of the latter, in Mexico and South Africa, are compared to extract lessons for other countries.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2000Mexico, South Africa, Mozambique, China, India, Sri Lanka
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2000Kenya, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Guatemala, China, India, Benin, Mexico, Brazil
Feeding cities plus the rising total of poor urban households in developing countries and countries in transition is the challenge facing City and Local Authorities. This guide intends to brief the Mayors, City Executives and Urban Planners, including specialists in food production, market development, public health, environment, forestry and agroforestry, on the compelling need for food supply and distribution policies and programmes. These would lower the cost of accessing food by low-income households in their cities and stimulate private investment.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Nigeria, United States of America, Germany, China, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Kenya, Syrian Arab Republic, Ecuador, Argentina, India, Mexico, Brazil, Suriname
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