Newsletter #8 Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings...

One of the functions of INPIM is to serve as a clearinghouse of information about PIM. Please send us copies of reports and other materials (audio-visual presentations, videos, software, etc.) which you feel could be useful to other members, and we will announce the titles in this column. Unless otherwise noted, single copies of the following papers (not books) are available free to INPIM members upon request to the INPIM Coordinator. This service is one of the benefits of membership.

1. Chinh, Nguyen Ba, (1998), ``Participatory Irrigation Management in Vietnam", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (8 pp).

2. Chioccioli, E., A. Hamdy and C. Lacirignola, (1998), ``Institutional Capacity Building and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 4, PIM in the Mediterranean countries (18 pp).

3. Desai, Umesh, (1998), ``Participatory Irrigation Management – Gujarat Experience", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (24 pp).

4. Hamda, Abdeltif, (1998), ``Gestion Participative de l'Irrigation dans les Grands Perimetres Irrigues", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (16 pp).

5. Hamdane, A., (1998), ``Ressources et Gestion de l'Eau en Tunisie", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (28 pp).

6. Hamdy, Atef, (1998), ``Sustainable Management of Water in Agriculture: Issues and Policies", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 4, PIM in the Mediterranean countries (26 pp).

7. Hamdy, Atef, Cosimo Lacirignola and Giuliana Trisorio Liuzzi, (1998), ``Second Generation Benefits and Problems of Participatory Irrigation Management: Italy Case Study", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 4, PIM in the Mediterranean countries (48 pp).

8. Herman, T., (1998), Rehabilitation, PIM and IMT. Notes from a presentation at the Fourth International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management, held in Bali, Indonesia from July 19-25, 1998 (8 pp).

9. Johnson III, Sam H., PIM and Poverty. A paper presented at the Fourth International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management, held in Bali, Indonesia from July 19-25, 1998 (24 pp).

10. Kono, Yasuyuki and Doan Doan Tuan, (March 1995), ``Effect of Water Control on Rice Cultivation in the Red River Delta, Vietnam: A Case Study in the Nhue River Irrigation System", Southeast Asian Studies 32 (4): 425-445.

11. Lamaddalena, Nicola and Salvatore Altieri, (1998), ``Participatory Irrigation Management: The Case of Consorzio di Bonifica of Capitanata", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 5, The Experience of Consortia in Italy (26 pp).

12. Martuccelli, Anna Maria, (1998), ``The Reclamation Boards in the Legislation of the European Union Countries", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 4, PIM in the Mediterranean countries (10 pp).

13. Martuccelli, Anna Maria, (1998), ``Water Resources and Participatory Irrigation Management: Institutional Problems and the Role of Consortia", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 5, The Experience of Consortia in Italy (20 pp).

14. Mollinga, Peter P., (1998), On the Waterfront, Water distribution, technology and agrarian change in a South Indian canal irrigation system, Wageningen: Ponsen en Looijen, (305 pp). Well written and easily accessible Ph.D. thesis by an irrigation engineer/social scientist who presents a conceptual framework that, on the basis of detailed analysis of two years of intensive fieldwork, offers explanations for the dynamic interactions between technical, institutional and rural change.

15. Nga, Nguyen Thanh, Satoh, Masayoshi, and Doan Doan Tuan, (1996), ``Impact of Production Privatization on Onfarm Water Management in the Red River Delta, North Vietnam", J. Japan Soc. Hydrol. & Water Resources 9 (4): 358-366.

16. Prabhu, Maya, (1998), ``Participatory Irrigation Management in India: An Overview", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (16 pp).

17. Raju, K.V., (1998), Irrigation Acts and Users Management. Draft paper that emphasizes the critical issues of the present legal framework in India which need to be addressed for improved irrigation management transfer across the country.

18. Raju, K.V., (1998), Irrigation Acts, Rules for Water Distribution and Users Management. Draft paper on legal issues and water rights in India.

19. Restrepo, Carlos Garces, (1998), Effects of Participatory Irrigation Management on Agricultural Yields and System Performance. A paper presented at the Fourth International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management, held in Bali, Indonesia (20 pp).

20. Roelofs, Karin (ed.), (1998), Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture: Policy and Best Practice Document #1, The Hague: Netherlands Development Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A concise and readable overview of irrigation development from a social, institutional, and environmental perspective, this book outlines practical guidelines for ensuring that development assistance will result in sustainable irrigation systems.

21. Satoh, Masayoshi and Doan Doan Tuan, (1988), ``An Analysis of Land Redistribution and Its Impact on Agricultural Practices in the Rural Communities in the Red River Delta, Northern Vietnam", JSIDRE 8 (196): 125-139.

22. Van Koppen, Barbara, (1998), More Jobs Per Drop, Targeting Irrigation to Poor Women and Men, Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute KIT, (187 pp). Very legible Ph.D. thesis by a gender specialist comparing poverty alleviation through valley bottom development in Burkina Faso with the same through the development of tubewell irrigation in Bangladesh by male, female and jointly managed irrigation groups of landless farmers.

23. Wahid, Mian Abdul, Waheed-uz-Zaman, Mushtaq Ahmad Gill, (1998), ``Capacity Building Activities of the Water Users Organizations: A Case of the Hakra 4-R Distributary Pilot Project, Punjab, Pakistan", Advanced Course on Capacity Building for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Volume 3, Country Overviews of PIM (12 pp).