Stockholm International Water Institute » report http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Liberia WASH Compact Reviewed http://www.siwi.org/news/the-liberia-wash-compact-reviewed/ http://www.siwi.org/news/the-liberia-wash-compact-reviewed/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:28:36 +0000 Sanna http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=news&p=5133 The Liberia WASH Compact was developed as a result of a Joint Mission held in Monrovia in April 2011, supported by the Government of Liberia and the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership. Through the Compact the Government, with the support of development partners and civil society, outlined a series of commitments to ensure equitable and sustainable delivery of water and sanitation services for all Liberians. Commitments were arranged around four key thematic areas, for delivery over a two-year time period. The Liberia WASH Compact has come to be recognised as a good example of stakeholder collaboration and dialogue. The National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Committee has been very successful in bringing stakeholders together and has become the key coordinating entity for the sector.

A preliminary review of progress against the Compact commitments was made in September 2011. This second review was conducted by WaterAid and the UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI in October 2012. This review concludes that while the Compact has increased coordination and dialogue within the sector, it is clear that concrete progress against the majority of Compact commitments has been undermined by significant challenges. Renewed lobbying will be required to generate the political will needed to drive forward progress in outstanding areas, particularly among higher levels of Government. Donors and NGOs must also take responsibility for ensuring their support is aligned behind the priorities laid out in the Compact and the Sector Strategic Plan, and  should utilise national and international opportunities to encourage progress against the Compact commitments.

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]]> http://www.siwi.org/news/the-liberia-wash-compact-reviewed/feed/ 0 The Water and Food Nexus: Trends and Development of the Research Landscape http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-water-and-food-nexus-trends-and-development-of-the-research-landscape/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-water-and-food-nexus-trends-and-development-of-the-research-landscape/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:55 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-water-and-food-nexus-trends-and-development-of-the-research-landscape/ This WATER AND FOOD NEXUS: Trends and Development of the Research Landscape report is jointly prepared by SIWI and Elsevier, and was motivated by a previous study whose findings were presented by Elsevier at the 2010 Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR)2 meeting in Washington DC.

At Elsevier the study has been executed by the SciVal Analytics unit with guidance from experts in the field of water research from the Aquatic and Green Sciences portfolio and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Authors of this report are: Britt-Louise Anderson, Christiane Barranguet, Jens Berggren, Judith Kamalski, Iris Kisjes, and Alexander van Servellen.

Published in 2012

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-water-and-food-nexus-trends-and-development-of-the-research-landscape/feed/ 0 Feeding a thirsty world: Challenges and opportunities for a water and food secure world http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:51 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/ This report presents the latest thinking and new approaches to emerging and persistent challenges to achieve food security in the 21st century. It focuses on critical issues that have received less attention in the literature to date, such as: food waste, land acquisitions, gender aspects of agriculture, and early warning systems for agricultural emergencies. It also offers perspectives on how to better manage water and food linkages.

Published in 2012.

Addendum

This addendum clarifies issues relating to the research results published in:

Falkenmark, M. (2012) ‘Food security: overcoming water scarcity realities’, in Feeding a Thirsty World: Challenges and Opportunities for a Water and Food Secure World, SIWI Report 31. Jägerskog, A. and Jønch Clausen, T., (ed). Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm.

Clarification of citation

The chapter is based on the in May 2012 latest accessible modeling in the well published multiyear research project at Stockholm Resilience Center starting in 2007. The project is being summarised in the book:

Rockström, J., Falkenmark, M., Folke, C., Lannerstad, M., Hoff, H., Heinke, J., Gordon, L., Enfors, E., & Barron, J. (2013). Confronting the water challenge in a turbulent world. Towards a green-blue resilience approach for global sustainability. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

The results presented in the chapter originate from work in progress. The forthcoming publication will consider additional water productivity gains for crop and livestock production, different fractions of animal source foods in the diet, and sensitivity of the analysis, depending on the chosen assumptions.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/feeding-a-thirsty-world-challenges-and-opportunities-for-a-water-and-food-secure-world/feed/ 0 Transboundary Water Management: Who Does What, Where? – Analysing the Data in SIWI’s Transboundary Water Management Database http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-who-does-what-where-analysing-the-data-in-siwis-transboundary-water-management-database/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-who-does-what-where-analysing-the-data-in-siwis-transboundary-water-management-database/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:33 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-who-does-what-where-analysing-the-data-in-siwis-transboundary-water-management-database/ In 2011, the Swedish Water House conducted a mapping of regional and international actors working in transboundary water management (TWM), which aimed to assist the identification of “knowledge gaps” and needs for further actions that could lead to more informed decision-making in water management. It also sought to promote objective decision-making, thereby helping to form a framework for resource allocation in TWM. Based on the mapping a database was created. The on-going activities of 94 actors, and more than 700 transboundary river and lake basins, aquifers and large marine ecosystems1 can be found in the database. Similar efforts made previously have focused on legal frameworks or on capacity building through sharing project information (IWLEARN, 2012; WWF et al., 2010; UNWAIS, 2012; TFDD 2007). The TWM mapping and database takes a broader focus and an actor-based approach. The complexity and significance of TWM have been reiterated by researchers, politicians and water professionals. The socio-economic disparity as well as power asymmetries between the riparian countries is one of the obstacles to cooperation of TWM institutions. The development of physical infrastructure is often a sensitive issue, but one of the main driving forces of cooperation in some cases. The primary objectives of TWM cooperation can be divided into three categories: 1) maximum utilisation of the common good (utilitarian approach); 2) conflict prevention; 3) maintaining ecological sustainability. This report analyses the findings from the database. It shows that more actors working with transboundary water issues focus their efforts on Africa than in any other region. Furthermore, most activities are located in transboundary rivers, while other basin types receive less attention. The three basins with the largest number of actors working with TWM are the Nile, Volta and Mekong. According to the analysis of three basins with the most active number of TWM actors (the Nile, the Volta, the Mekong River Basin), the utilitarian approach appears to be the most prominent objectives of the current actors’ activities. Activities to maintain ecological sustainability are more prevalent in the Mekong River Basin, where information management has been successful and led by the strong institutional capacity of the transboundary basin organisation, Mekong River Commission. Conflict prevention activities are not as prominent in practice as they are in academic literature on transboundary water issues. None of the actors in the database involved in the Nile, Volta and the Mekong, are focused on conflict prevention as their main objective. Actors also provide different tools aimed to support transboundary water management, often in the form of publications. Most of the tools developed are broad and cover several aspects of TWM. The most common are tools providing information on how to construct legal frameworks.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-who-does-what-where-analysing-the-data-in-siwis-transboundary-water-management-database/feed/ 0 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Financial Flows to the Water Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:18 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/ The omnipresent nature of the global financial crisis led us at SIWI to question the impact of the crisis on financial flows to the water sector, focusing our attention on Sub-Saharan Africa. In this report we unpack how the water sector is presently financed and then trace the impact of the crisis on these financial flows.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector-in-sub-saharan-africa/feed/ 0 Regional Water Intelligence Report – The Nile Basin and the Southern Sudan Referendum http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/ Regional Water Intelligence Reports The purpose of the Regional Water Intelligence Reports (RWIR) is to provide regular updates on the political economy of transboundary water resources issues, management and development. The RWIR focuses on the socio-economic aspects of water management and highlight the links between water, energy, food and human security from a regional perspective. This RWIR provides an analysis of the political landscape at the national and regional level in the Nile Basin including a political and legal analysis of the upcoming Southern Sudan referendum 2011. The objective is to prepare a base line to analyse key political events and their potential impact on Nile cooperation, within the framework of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), with a specific focus on the upcoming referendum in Southern Sudan. Some recommendations are explored that the international community could consider taking in the post referendum process to strengthen development and cooperation. The analysis of political events provides input to further analysis on the political economy of water in the Nile basin. The report does not provide a detailed overview of the NBI process to date which is provided elsewhere. Input to the RWIR is based on public referenced information and confidential interviews.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/regional-water-intelligence-report-the-nile-basin-and-the-southern-sudan-referendum/feed/ 0 Promoting Transparency, Integrity and Accountability in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Uganda http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:43 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ Uganda has placed the fight against corruption high on the development agenda by establishing a range of anti-corruption institutions and strategies. The Uganda National Integrity Survey III, released in 2008 by the Inspectorate of Government, recommended that if Uganda was to make real progress in tackling corruption nationwide, individual sectors would need to undertake sector-specific studies to identify best practice and facilitate scaling-up of anti-corruption efforts. In that year, the Good Governance Sub-Sector Working Group, chaired by the Ministry of Water and Environment, commissioned a Water Integrity Study to establish how citizens in both rural and urban areas, contractors, private operators, local government officials and staff from the main water utility experience integrity in the provision of water services. The study would also facilitate development of an updated action plan to address integrity risks. This note describes the key ingredients to putting in place a nationwide good governance action plan in Uganda’s water sector, the challenges to be overcome and lessons learned to date. The implications for practice are discussed from the perspectives of policy makers, regulators and ombudsmen, development partners, water service providers and civil society actors. This provides guidance for the replication of best practice by stakeholders in other countries and sectors.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/feed/ 0 Drainage Basin Security – Prospects for Trade-offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World (the World Water Week Niche Report) http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:42:20 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/ Each year, the World Water Week addresses a theme that fits within a broader niche. This report looks back over the niche on Drainage Basin Security, which covered the years 2003 to 2007. This report reflects on the knowledge, experience and lessons learned over the course of the five years, and offer a set of key messages that emerged from the plenary sessions, workshops, seminars and side events.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/drainage-basin-security-prospects-for-trade-offs-and-benefit-sharing-in-a-globalised-world-the-world-water-week-niche-report/feed/ 0 The TWO Analysis – Introducing a Methodology for the Transboundary Waters Opportunity Analysis http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:39:44 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/ This report presents a conceptual framework that can be used by stakeholders concerned by the development and management of shared freshwater resources. The objective is to promote the sustainable and equitable use of transboundary water resources, and to clarify trade-offs relating to development.

The report outlines a concept for analysing potential benefits in a transboundary river basin to optimise economic growth, political stability and regional integration. The conceptual framework is intended to be used by basin State Governments, Regional Economic Communities, and financing entities.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-two-analysis-introducing-a-methodology-for-the-transboundary-waters-opportunity-analysis/feed/ 0 Making Anti-Corruption Approaches Work for the Poor http://www.siwi.org/publication/making-anti-corruption-approaches-work-for-the-poor/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/making-anti-corruption-approaches-work-for-the-poor/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:37:21 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/making-anti-corruption-approaches-work-for-the-poor/ Anti-corruption activity has intensified in recent years but there has been little specific discussion about how this activity will be formulated to ensure it brings benefit to the poor. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of the need for greater attention to the poor in the development of anti-corruption strategies, to discuss some of the key issues that might affect the development of a pro-poor anti-corruption strategy for the water sector and suggests three basic principles in the development of a pro-poor anti-corruption water sector strategy.

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