This paper provides an assessment of information flows and the acquisition of knowledge in water governance of the Upper East Region, Ghana. These flows are patchy, often parallel, disconnected, or slow. In many cases a great deal of information is gathered but for a number of reasons not transferred into knowledge that impacts decision making and action. An analysis of knowledge flows can serve as guidance for research projects and capacity building endeavours to allow tackling the gap between more...

WFP is promoting investments in water supply, sanitation and wastewater management, and environmental improvement in Asian cities.
Investing in Urban Water - If cities are the engines of a country’s economic growth, then water is the oil that keeps those engines running. Common among many Asian cities, though, is the fact that water shortages and pollution are stunting growth. Growing cities in Asia need more water supply and improved sanitation to sustain the urban economy, livelihoods, and more...

'The Global Corruption Report 2008 examines the link between corruption and the water sector in a comprehensive manner. It documents a wide range of corruption risks in different areas of the sector, from water resources management and water for sanitation to irrigation and hydropower.'
Source: Transparency International

'A summary of WaterAid’s report reviewing the origins, performance and demise of the Government of Tanzania’s short-lived experiment where it leased Dar es Salaam’s water infrastructure to City Water Services Ltd.'

'During the past several decades, the demands placed on Mexico's water resources increased dramatically largely due to rapid population growth. Although these regions came to account for close to 90 percent of gross domestic product and over three-quarters of the population, they received less than a third of total runoff. This made these areas extremely vulnerable to major surface and groundwater shortages, with profound implications for further economic development. In the early 1990s, the Gov more...

'This paper considers practical mechanisms for moving towards an operationalisation of benefit sharing with regard to water resources. The focus is on steps for putting the concept into practice and the point of departure is lessons learned from existing cooperative efforts.'

"This report presents a framework of attributes of well functioning utilities and how they have introduced key institutional changes. The report also describes how structural trends—such as decentralization— are altering the landscape in which water utilities operate and that these alterations offer opportunities for change. While there is no perfect model for public utilities that guarantees good performance, well-functioning utilities share common attributes: autonomy, accountability for r more...

'This issue of Women2000 and Beyond on women and water discusses gender perspectives of a growing water crisis and the evolution of the international policy on water. It stresses the importance of integrating gender perspectives in water resource management and water project design. It analyzes challenges to implementing a gender approach to water projects and looks at water resource management in the context of complex livelihoods. Gender-specific impacts of environmental degradation and water more...

Water plays a central role in many religions and beliefs around the world. Source of life, it represents (re)birth. Water cleans the body, and by extension purifies it, and these two main qualities confer a highly symbolic – even sacred - status to water. Water is therefore a key element in ceremonies and religious rites.

'The Water Sector Support Project for Yemen development objectives are: (i) improve access to water supply and sanitation services; (ii) increase returns to water use in agriculture; and (iii) strengthen sector institutions for sustainable water resources management and environmental protection. Negative impacts include: loss of land; loss of house; loss of income; loss of community asset; squatters; loss of source of income; and tenants. Mitigation measures include: (i) entitled to kind compens more...