The Case Study Workshop was organized with the objective of obtaining the necessary input the experts on different subject areas of water resources, subject those views and discussion among the stakeholder agencies, and synthesize the information to a report on the case study. The outcome of the Workshop would eventually transform into the contribution of Sri Lanka to the forst WWDR.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2002Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002Afghanistan
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2002India, China, Sri Lanka, Australia
The problems that river basin institutions in the developed world successfully address?such as pollution, sediment buildup in rivers and the degradation of wetlands?are not the top priorities for Indian policy makers and people. The items that do top Indian agendas?providing access to water for drinking and growing food, eradicating poverty, and stopping groundwater overexploitation?are either unresolved in the developed world or have become irrelevant due to economic development.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2002Pakistan, Australia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
A growing body of evidence on the impacts of irrigation management transfer (IMT) shows that IMT risks aggravating rural poverty. For governments that aim to continue irrigation management while ensuring that it contributes to poverty alleviation, a "pro-poor" mode of IMT needs to be designed and implemented. That is, a mode of IMT that benefits poor farmers while benefiting non-poor farmers equally, or perhaps to a lesser degree. The present research explores the scope for pro-poor modes of IMT in canal irrigation, focusing on large-scale canal irrigation schemes in India.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
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