G3: Water governance and community-based management

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Unlocking the potential of coastal Bangladesh:Improving Water Governance and Community-Based Management
(Brief, 2014-08) CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
The imposition of participation? the case of participatory water management in coastal bangladesh
(Journal Article, 2014) Mukherji, Aditi; Dewan, C.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
What determines contribution to a common fund for upkeep of water infrastructures? Evidence from experimental game in Coastal Bangladesh
(Poster, 2013-09) Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Das, Arijit; Mukherji, Aditi
This interactive poster was presented at the 2013 Stockholm World Water Week. It describes the results of a 'public good game' carried out with farmers in the polder zones of coastal Bangladesh in order to understand determinants of contributions to maintain a public good.
Literature Review: SWOT Analysis of Bangladesh's Key Water Policy Documents
(Report, 2012-01) Dewan, Camelia
Water is one of the most critical problems in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) acknowledges water as a finite resource with tremendous importance for the environment and livelihoods in its National Water Policy (GoB, 1999). The National Water Policy provides a comprehensive policy framework for pressing water issues in Bangladesh such as river basin planning, water rights and allocation, delineation of public and private domains, water supply and sanitation, preservation of the natural environment and the developmental concerns of fisheries, navigation and agriculture. The policy also provides guidance on its economic and financial management (water pricing), participation by stakeholders, decentralized management and delivery structures. In essence, the NWP is the cornerstone that guides water management in the polders of coastal Bangladesh. This SWOT analysis attempts to investigate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the NWP from 1999. Based on the findings from this SWOT-analysis, G3 is enabled to design its own research activities in a way that examines how policy is being translated into practice in the coastal areas. The ultimate aim of such a research approach is to share the findings with the Government of Bangladesh through participatory dissemination workshop both at polder and central levels.
Literature Review: Review of the Historical Evolution of Policies and Institutions of Community Based Management in Coastal Bangladesh
(Report, 2012-04) Dewan, Camelia
n this paper, we review the historical evolution of policies, projects and institutions 5 governing coastal polders in Bangladesh and the role of local communities in their management. This is done through three thematically divided sections. The first section is a historical analysis of the evolution of policies and projects on community participation in the water sector in Coastal Bangladesh. The second section is an organizational comparison of the two main implementing agencies, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED). The third section look at BWDB and LGED’s experience of community based management and WMOs through the Small-Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project (SSWRDSP), and the Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management (IPSWAM). The Fourth section concludes with gaps in knowledge and avenues for future research.
Literature Review: Gender and water management organisations in Bangladesh
(Report, 2012-09) Clement, Floriane
This literature review was led to inform the project “G3 - Water Governance and Community-based Management”, funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). G3 is part of a cluster of project in the Ganges Basin on Community Based Management. The specific objectives of G3 are to understand the different modes and outcomes of water governance in selected polders and the role that communities play in such governance. This review of gender and water relationships in Bangladesh aims at taking stock of the current research findings and identifying gaps and key issues that might need further investigation within the G3 project. The objectives are to ensure a gender sensitive approach of water governance issues within the project and make sure that recommendations on institutional change do take into account gender aspects. The focus of this review was primarily on gender and water management organisations (WMOs) but it was equally important to locate gender relationships within the broader social, political and biophysical context in which they are embedded.
Literature Review: The Experiences of Water Management Organizations in Bangladesh
(Report, 2012-04) Silva, Sanjiv de
This literature review was commissioned by Project “G3 - Water Governance and Community-based Management”, one of several projects funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) in the Ganges Basin. The project seeks to understand the different modes and outcomes of water governance in selected polders and the role that communities play in such governance. Governance structures at this local level are challenged by high rates of poverty, dense human populations, highly variable fresh water availability, all coalescing into intense competition for water and land resources by a range of users. Facilitating efficient, productive, equitable and sustainable access to these resources thus needs to be a key orientation of these governance systems. This review of past experiences and the current status of Water Management Organizations (WMOs) in Bangladesh are intended to contribute to the context and process of understanding the different governance mechanisms that are in place to manage these conflicts and their comparative advantages and disadvantages.
G3 2012 Progress Report: Water Governance and Community Based Management
(Report, 2012-03-21) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
The Ganges Basin Development Challenge (GBDC) commissioned by the CPWF, aims to increase resilience of agricultural and aquaculture systems in the Ganges delta focusing water and food security. There are five projects namely G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 having different objectives under Ganges Basin Development Challenge (BDC) program. The Project G3 is titled “Water governance and community based management”. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is the lead institute for the G3 research project and is responsible for coordinating all research activities under G3 and its partners with the aim to produce high quality research outputs. Inundation, salinity intrusion and severe flooding in the coastal areas are frequent occurrences in Bangladesh. This leads to loss of life and property as well as severe impacts on livelihoods. The government of Bangladesh has invested steadily in coastal zone management through construction and rehabilitation of polders. Involvement of communities in management of polders is now enshrined in Bangladesh’s Water Policy. This project tries to understand various aspects of water governance and communities based management of polders in coastal zones in Bangladesh and then suggest implementable policy options for improving polder governance in Bangladesh.
Overview of G3: Water Governance and Community Based Management
(Brochure, 2012) CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
The International Water Management Institute is the lead institute for the Ganges Basin Development Challenge research project titled Water Governance and community-based management in coastal regions of Bangladesh. This study is one out of five research projects in the Ganges basin commissioned and funded by the CGIAR challenge Program on Food and Water inundation, salinity intrusion and severe flooding in the coastal areas is a frequent occurrence in Bangladesh. This leads to loss of life and property as well as severe impacts on livelihoods. the government of Bangladesh has invested steadily in coastal zone management through construction and rehabilitation of polders. involvement of communities in management of polders is now enshrined in Bangladesh’s Water Policy. this project tries to understand various aspects of water governance and communities based management of polders in coastal zones in Bangladesh and then suggest implementable policy options for improving polder governance in Bangladesh.
Report from Households and Water Management Organizations Quantitative Surveys
(Report, 2013-08) Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Mitra, Archisman; Kenia, Nandish
The Ganges project on ‘Water Governance and Community-Based Management’ conducted a series of household and water management organization surveys in its coastal Bangladesh study sites. This report presents the methodology and describes the results from the survey. The report can be read as a quantitative situation analysis of the area. Most of the results are desegregated by location for a comparison purpose: comparison between two types of institutions (polders/sub-projects) and comparison between three main geo-hydrologic zones (high, medium and low level of salinity). In addition, when this is relevant, the figures are desegregated by gender, by age or by poverty level. The first part of the report focuses on the methodology used for the survey, describing the sampling methodology, the instruments as well as the data collection and data entry processes. Based on the analysis from descriptive statistics, the second part of the report draws the picture of the surveyed areas in terms of poverty levels, domestic and productive water uses, agriculture and aquaculture cropping systems, livelihoods, participation and water management practices. Finally the third part presents the results from the survey conducted with Water Management Organizations, the institutional features, financial features and the activities and perceptions about these groups are analysed.

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