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  1. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2015

    Ever since the oil, financial and food crises of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a marked increase in large-scale investment in agricultural land. The drivers of this investment are varied and include growing food, water and energy insecurity as well as social and economic interests of investors and recipient countries. The shape of these investments and their eventual outcomes are equally influenced by the existing land and water governance systems in the host countries.

  2. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2015
    Mali, Ghana, Africa

    Ever since the oil, financial and food crises of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a marked increase in large-scale investment in agricultural land. The drivers of this investment are varied and include growing food, water and energy insecurity as well as social and economic interests of investors and recipient countries. The shape of these investments and their eventual outcomes are equally influenced by the existing land and water governance systems in the host countries.

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2008
    Australia

    When water entitlement and water sharing systems are mis-specified, that is specified in amanner that lacks hydrological integrity, inefficient investment and water use is the result.Using Australia's Murray Darling Basin as an example, this paper attempts to reveal theeconomic consequences of entitlement mis-specification.

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    May, 2008
    Nepal

    To mitigate a drinking water crisis in Kathmandu valley, the Government of Nepalinitiated the Melamchi Water Supply Project in 1997, which will divert water fromthe Melamchi River to Kathmandu city’s water supply network. In the first phase,the Project will divert 170,000 cubic meters of water per day (at the rate of1.97M3/sec), which will be tripled using the same infrastructure as city waterdemand increases in the future. The large scale transfer of water would have far-reachingimplications in both water supplying and receiving basins.

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