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IWMI Research Reports

The publications in this series cover a wide range of subjects — from computer modeling to experience with water user associations — and vary in content from directly applicable research to more basic studies, on which applied work ultimately depends. Some Research Reports are narrowly focused, analytical and detailed empirical studies; others are wide-ranging and synthetic overviews of generic problems.

Although most of the Research Reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each Research Report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff, and by external reviewers.

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Enhancing drought resilience: evaluating the livelihood outcomes of a solar-powered water system in Hanzila Village, Southern Zambia

International Water Management Institute | August 19th, 2025
Mweemba, Carol; Amarnath, Giriraj; van Koppen, Barbara
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Resource recovery from livestock waste: cases and business models from the Global South

International Water Management Institute | July 2nd, 2025
Taron, Avinandan; Sathiskumar, Abinaya; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Singha, R.; Dejen, Z. A.; Chipatecua, G. P.; Bastidas, R. R.
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Creating an enabling environment for agricultural innovation in emerging markets

International Water Management Institute | April 10th, 2025
Ires, Idil
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Towards the harmonization of global environmental flow estimates: comparing the Global Environmental Flow Information System (GEFIS) with country data

International Water Management Institute | February 7th, 2024
Eriyagama, Nishadi; Messager, M. L.; Dickens, Chris; Tharme, R.; Stassen, R.
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Afghanistan Drought Early Warning Decision Support (AF-DEWS) Tool

International Water Management Institute | December 8th, 2023
Amarnath, Giriraj; Ghosh, Surajit; Alahacoon, Niranga
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Assessment of farmers’ willingness to pay for bundled climate insurance solutions in Sri Lanka

International Water Management Institute | December 7th, 2023
Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga; Prasad, S.; Dissanayake, A.
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Institutional gender mainstreaming in small-scale irrigation: lessons from Ethiopia

International Water Management Institute | December 7th, 2023
Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Minh, Thai Thi; Schmitter, Petra
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Land cover changes in the Upper Great Ruaha (Tanzania) and the Upper Awash (Ethiopia) river basins and their potential implications for groundwater resources

International Water Management Institute | October 9th, 2023
Chandrasekharan, Kiran M.; Villholth, Karen G.; Kashaigili, J. J.; Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria; Mandela, P. J.
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Living customary water tenure in rights-based water management in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Water Management Institute | August 26th, 2022
van Koppen, Barbara
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Analysis of water reuse potential for irrigation in Lebanon

International Water Management Institute | 2022
Eid-Sabbagh, K.; Roukoz, S.; Nassif, Marie-Helene; Velpuri, Naga Manohar; Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
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Legal recognition of customary water tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa: unpacking the land-water nexus

International Water Management Institute | 2022
Troell, J.; Keene, S.
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Environmental risks from pesticide use: the case of commercial banana farming in northern Lao PDR

International Water Management Institute | October 7th, 2021
Wentworth, A.; Pavelic, Paul; Kongmany, S.; Sotoukee, T.; Sengphaxaiyalath, K.; Phomkeona, K.; Deevanhxay, P.; Chounlamany, V.; Manivong, V.
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Examining social accountability tools in the water sector: a case study from Nepal

International Water Management Institute | 2021
Dhungana, H.; Clement, Floriane; Otto, B.; Das, B.
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Scaling up Index-based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for agricultural resilience and flood-proofing livelihoods in developing countries

International Water Management Institute | 2021
Amarnath, Giriraj; Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; Taron, Avinandan
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Solar photovoltaic technology for small-scale irrigation in Ghana: suitability mapping and business models. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders

International Water Management Institute | 2021
Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.; Leh, Mansoor; Merrey, Douglas J.; Kodua, T.T.; Schmitter, Petra S.
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Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): exploring potential at the global scale

International Water Management Institute | 2020
Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Pavelic, Paul
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Exclosures for landscape restoration in Ethiopia: business model scenarios and suitability. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders

International Water Management Institute | 2020
Mekuria, Wolde; Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria; Lefore, Nicole
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Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya

International Water Management Institute | 2019
McCartney, Matthew P.; Foudi, S.; Muthuwatta, Lal P.; Sood, Aditya; Simons, G.; Hunink, J.; Vercruysse, K.; Omuombo, C.
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A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa

International Water Management Institute | 2018
van Koppen, Barbara; Schreiner, B.
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Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business

International Water Management Institute | 2018
van Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B.N.; Mapedza, Everisto D.
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Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders

International Water Management Institute | 2018
Otoo, Miriam; Lefore, Nicole; Schmitter, Petra S.; Barron, Jennie; Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Global environmental flow information for the sustainable development goals

International Water Management Institute | 2017
Sood, Aditya; Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Villholth, Karen G.; Liyanage, Nirosha; Wada, Y.; Ebrahim, Girma Yimer; Dickens, Chris
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Mapping multiple climate-related hazards in South Asia

International Water Management Institute | 2017
Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga; Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Evaluating the flow regulating effects of ecosystems in the Mekong and Volta river basins

International Water Management Institute | 2016
Lacombe, Guillaume; McCartney, Matthew P.
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Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin

International Water Management Institute | 2016
Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Muthuwatta, Lal P.; Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Surinaidu, Lagudu; Natarajan, R.; Chinnasamy, Pennan; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Prathapar, Sanmugam A.; Jain, S.K.; Ghosh, N.C.; Singh, S.; Sharma, A.; Kumar, S.; Goel, M.K.
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin

International Water Management Institute | 2015
Pavelic, Paul; Brindha, Karthikeyan; Amarnath, Giriraj; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Muthuwatta, Lal P.; Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.; Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh; Mishra, Atmaram; Sharma, Bharat R.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Reddy, R.V.; Mishra, V.K.; Verma, C.L.; Kant, L.
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Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal

International Water Management Institute | 2015
Janmaat, J.; Lapp, S.; Wannop, T.; Bharati, Luna; Sugden, Fraser
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Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar

International Water Management Institute | 2015
Pavelic, Paul; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Johnston, Robyn M.; McCartney, Matthew P.; Sotoukee, Touleelor; Balasubramanya, Soumya; Suhardiman, Diana; Lacombe, Guillaume; Douangsavanh, Somphasith; Joffre, Olivier M.; Latt, K.; Zan, A.K.; Thein, K.; Myint, A.; Cho, C.; Htut, Y.T.
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Global water demand projections: past, present and future

International Water Management Institute | 2014
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Climate change, out-migration and agrarian stress: the potential for upscaling small-scale water storage in Nepal

International Water Management Institute | 2014
Bharati, Luna; Gurung, Pabitra; Maharjan, L.; Janmaat, J.; Price, J.I.; Sherpa, Tashi Yang Chung; Bhattarai, Utsav; Koirala, S.; Timilsina, B.
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Facilitating outcomes: multi-stakeholder processes for influencing policy change on urban agriculture in selected West African and South Asian cities

International Water Management Institute | 2013
Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Larbi, Theophilus Otchere; Drechsel, Pay
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Managed aquifer recharge: the solution for water shortages in the Fergana Valley

International Water Management Institute | 2013
Karimov, Akmal A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir U.; Mavlonov, A.; Borisov, V.; Gracheva, I.; Miryusupov, F.; Djumanov, J.; Khamzina, T.; Ibragimov, R.; Abdurahmanov, Botir
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