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Law of the river
Working Paper
Community-based well maintenance in rural Haiti
The international community has pledged $11 billion to Haiti, a country where nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide nearly all public goods and services. This raises at least two questions: How can NGOs most effectively perform their own work, and how can NGOs integrate their programs into broader efforts organized by public institutions? This paper addresses these questions by evaluating the community-based model of Haiti Outreach (HO) that focuses on training communities to manage wells after they have been constructed. The effect of this management training is identified by ...
Conference Paper
The coming conflicts over water
Journal Article
Sidebar : the privatization wave
Journal Article
Fresh water and the Great Lakes economic future: a conference summary
On November 10, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Branch hosted a conference to examine fresh water's role in the economic future of the Great Lakes region. Participants discussed policy, development, and restoration issues involving the region's abundant freshwater resources.
Journal Article
Sidebar : water systems on guard
Conference Paper
The implications of improved water allocation policy
Journal Article
The path not taken
Big pipelines aren't the only solution to the water problems of rural areas.
Conference Paper
Western water resources: the coming problem and policy alternatives
Journal Article
Paying the piper
Somebody has to pony up billions of dollars to upgrade drinking water and sewer systems throughout the district.