Description

The focus of these case studies is the link between water and poverty reduction. Ten cases from international experts tell important stories of innovative approaches to water problems around the world. Contributions include cases from WaterAid, the International Water Management Institute and the Gender and Water Alliance, and other known experts in the world of water and development. Gender, access, integrated water resources management, irrigation, coastal issues, and watershed development are among the issues explored in these useful case studies.

This publication is no. 5 in the Water for All publication series.

Contents

• Abbreviations
• Overview
• NGO Intermediation: A Model for Securing Access to Water for the Urban Poor
• Strengthening the Demand-Responsive Approach: Learning from Program Experience in Niassa Province, Mozambique
• Coastal Zone Policies and Livelihoods in Bangladesh
• Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western India
• Agricultural Water and Poverty Linkages: Case Studies on Large and Small Systems
• Integrated Management of Water, Forest, and Land Resources in Nepal: Opportunities for Improved Livelihood
• Water and Poverty: A Case of Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh, India
• Microirrigation for Income Generation in Asia
• The Soozhal Initiative: A Model for Achieving Total Sanitation in Low-Income Rural Areas
• Mountain-River-Lake Integrated Water Resources Development Program, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China
• Allocating Water for Home-Based Productive Activities in Bushbuckridge, South Africa