Water Development and Poverty Reduction

by Unver, I. H. Olcay; Gupta, Rajiv K.; Kibaroglu, Aysegul

• ISBN13: 9781402074318
• ISBN10: 140207431X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Despite recent improvements in water management, approximately 1.4 billion people lack adequate water and about 3 billion people lack adequate sanitation services. It is commonly acknowledged that these and other water problems affect the poor adversely in terms of their livelihoods, their health, and their vulnerability to water-related natural disasters. The authors of this edited volume have broad experience managing water development projects - integrated social-economic programs aimed directly at poverty reduction in different regions of the developing world. In the book's four Parts, they offer an interdisciplinary approach to many issues that contribute to the relationship between water and poverty. Part I includes articles on the conceptual and methodological issues concerning poverty reduction through water resources development. It also offers analysis of quantitative measurements of poverty reduction, including some approaches for creating a Water Poverty Index. Part II considers the institutional frameworks for management of water and poverty reduction. Topics range from community-based decision making to international leadership. Part III encompasses discussions on participatory irrigation management and the privatization of urban water supplies and sewerage and the link to poverty. Case studies from India, Turkey, and Jordan make up Part IV. The studies present diverse water management and development practices for poverty reduction, including realistic pricing and effective irrigation practices, the use of water as an engine for sustainable development, small and large scale strategies for reducing the risks and uncertainties in water availability and food security, the economic value of improved water supplies, and the positive impact of small-scale development projects.

Author Biography

Ayseg++l Kibarogammalu earned her PhD degree in 1998 in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. She spent a post-doctoral fellowship in 2001 in the Department of Law at the University of Dundee, Scotland. Currently, Dr. Kibarogammalu works as Advisor to the President of the Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP-RDA), and teaches politics of water resources as part-time instructor in the Department of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
I. H. Olcay Unver, Rajiv K. Gupta and Aysegül Kibaroglu
Part I CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Chapter 1 A Participatory Framework for Poverty Eradication and Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Water Management	11	(20)
Fikret Adaman and Yahya M. Madra
Chapter 2 Access to Water as a Dimension of Poverty: The Need to Develop a Water Poverty Index as a Tool for Poverty Reduction	31	(22)
Caroline Sullivan and Jeremy Meigh
Chapter 3 Impact Assessment as Viable Instrument for Poverty Reduction: Post-Hoc Review on Societal Impacts of Two Power Generation Projects	53	(20)
Mikiyasu Nakayama and Ryo Fujikura
Chapter 4 The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Undermining Water Development for Poverty Reduction	73	(14)
Ryan Hill, Yemi Katerere and Tabeth Matiza-Chiuta
Part II INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND POVERTY REDUCTION
Chapter 5 Elements of an Institutional Framework for the Management of Water for Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries	87	(24)
Henning Bjornlund and Jennifer McKay
Chapter 6 A Proposal for International Virtual Water Trading Council: Building Institutional Frameworks at International Level to Reduce Poverty	111	(18)
Jennifer McKay
Part III PARTICIPATORY WATER MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATIZATION OF URBAN WATER USE FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
Chapter 7 Poor Farmers' Inclusion in Participatory Irrigation Management in Large-scale Canal Systems in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, India	129	(24)
Barbara van Koppen, R. Parthasarathy and Constantina Safiliou
Chapter 8 Necessity of Rationalization of Water Pricing with Participatory Irrigation Management in India as a Step For Poverty Reduction	153	(22)
Mahendra Purohit
Chapter 9 Commercialization and Privatization of Urban Water and Sewerage Services in Turkey: Poverty Reduction View	175	(24)
Nilgün Görer
Part IV CASE STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION
Chapter 10 Dams and Water Development for Poverty Reduction and Regional Development: Issues and Options for Gujarat State	199	(32)
Rajiv K. Gupta
Chapter 11 A New Perspective on Water Development and Poverty Reduction in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey	231	(30)
I. H. Olcay Ünver and Rajiv K. Gupta
Chapter 12 Household Water (In) Security in Jordan: Water for Poor Households	261	(18)
Maria Iskandarani
Chapter 13 Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semi-Arid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western-India	279	(16)
Joep Verhagen, Mary Miller, Neeta Patel and Reema Nanavaty
Chapter 14 Evaluating the Role of Water Resources Development in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study from Jordan	295	(12)
Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Conclusions	307	(4)
I. H. Olcay Ünver, Rajiv K. Gupta and Aysegül Kibaroglu
Index	311