Water governance and political economy
Features
IWMI is working with governments to build water resilience at COP29
IWMI women researchers are leading the way on actionable policy recommendations and implementation for water resource management.
Press releases
IWMI’s new strategy shows the way forward for collective action on water security
Strategy 2024–2030 sets course for the next stage of the organization’s research and innovation journey.
In the media
It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought
IWMI commissioned this article following fieldwork conducted on the political economy of policy processes in India, under the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies.
News
IWMI participates in India’s 75th Republic Day reception
Country Representative highlights contributions and commitment to sustainable water management in high-level event.
Podcasts
Episode 1: Introducing… Policy Pathways
Researchers introduce the series and explain what a 'policy pathway' is.
Blogs
A water policy coherence agenda for Nigeria’s agri-food systems transformation
Taking a look at what is required to bridge the gap between policy intent and implementation.
In the media
The world faces a water crisis, and four powerful charts show how
Talking to Scientific American, Rachael McDonnell gave context about the UN Water Conference, the international frameworks that apply to water and the related challenges.
In the media
UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures
Alan Nicol commented on the effect of atmospheric carbon on water systems.
Blogs
Eight ambitious missions to transform the future of water security
Recognizing the need for youth to be included in this conversation, young people have been made co-guardians of the TFWS process
In the media
Securing MENA’s water supply
Talking to Nature Middle East, Javier Mateo-Sagasta explains that building trust among stakeholders is key to increasing long-term use of water reuse technologies and practices in the MENA region.
Features
Climate, water, and poverty reduction – exploring the critical links
We have arrived at a crucial moment that calls upon us to incorporate smarter water management strategies into our longer-term planning.
Features
From livestock to livelihoods: Lifelines through training for rural women in Pakistan
New initiative anticipates that strengthening water governance and management will improve rural livelihoods by increasing incomes for farming households.
Blogs
Water for whom? Realizing contemporary water allocation through age-old customary tenure practices
Ultimately, rights-based water resource allocation may appear to be the most effective to address legal pluralism for poverty alleviation and broad-based agricultural growth.
Blogs
Water’s Fundamental Truths: Part 3 – Is water governance coming of age?
Our planetary water systems involves not just tackling risks and building resilience for human societies, but also assuming greater responsibility towards the planet as a whole.
Blogs
Unlocking sustainable finance to drive agricultural research for development
When looking at how to combine traditional development funding with return-oriented private capital, two strategies are gaining more and more traction.
In the media
The impact of large and small dams on malaria transmission in four basins in Africa
On VOA, Jonathan Lautze discusses the impact of small and large dams on malaria transmission in four river basins in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Blogs
Water’s Fundamental Truths: Part 2 – Why do we have to manage water as a system?
Water has to be managed as a system, and cannot be effectively managed separately from land, or from its major uses or users, of which agriculture is by far the biggest.
Press releases
Data, funds and dialogue key to water, energy, and food security in a changing climate for Pakistan
A holistic approach and reliable database on water resources and their use across Pakistan is the key to achieving food, water, and energy security in the fifth most climate-vulnerable country in the world.
Features
Three ways wetlands can influence climate change
Climate change could change wetlands forever, but in turn, wetlands can also help to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Blogs
Ramsar Convention and the wise use of wetlands: rethinking gender equality and inclusion
It is imperative that we realize the need for a profound and urgent rethinking on who decides, how and why, what makes for the wise use of wetlands
Blogs
Changing the way we collect data during Covid
In order to continue researching on gender and water systems, researchers from IWMI-Nepal engaged with local stakeholders through alternative means of data-collection during COVID-19.
Publications
Small Reservoirs in Africa: A Review and Synthesis to Strengthen Future Investment
Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security,...
In the media
News.Trust.org: The next great water crisis may be under our feet
As the world marks World Water Day, it is clear we need better groundwater governance to avoid the next big crisis
Blogs
Water governance and collective action
A new book provides an overview of challenges in collective action via case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America.
From the DG
Banking on wastewater
IWMI enables societies to address challenges posed by wastewater by generating new knowledge on wastewater management, writes Jeremy Bird.
News
Can a Chinese turtle farmer help us understand the future of Asian migration?
Experts gather in Guangzhou, China, to discuss migration’s effect on home communities
Press releases
African dams linked to over one million malaria cases annually
New study urges future dam projects to consider better disease control measures.
Blogs
Ganges women to bear the brunt of climate change
Poor women and vulnerable groups will “bear the brunt” of climate change in parts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Features
Hydropower to the people
Efforts to share the benefits of hydropower development in Nepal could be compounding inequality in the country instead of tackling it, according to research.