Making change happen

Water decision making

Analysing and Addressing Governance in Sector Operations, European Commission
Problem Driven Governance and Political Economy Analysis, Good Practice Framework, World Bank
• Supporting Country-Led Democratic Governance Assessments, UNDP
Resources for Designing A National Water Governance Programme, WaterWiki
IWRM toolbox, Global Water Partnership
Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
Land and Water Governance IFAD Experience, IFAD
Traditional Water Governance and South Africa's "National Water Act" - Tension or Cooperation?, NRI
• Gender and IWRM Resource Guide, Gender and Water Alliance
Participatory Mapping Toolbox, IAPAD
Our Water Our Future, Australian Department of Sustainability and Environment

• International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
Asian Development Bank, ADB

Water integrity and accountability

• Fighting Corruption in the water Sector - Methods, Tools and Good Practices, UNDP
• Corruption risks and governance challenges in the irrigation sector: What are priorities for water integrity (WIN Thematic Paper), WIN
• Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector, Transparency International (TI) and WIN
Corruption in the Water Sector, SIWI, Swedish Water House, and WIN
• Making Anti-Corruption Approaches Work for the Poor, SIWI, Swedish Water House, and WIN
• Improving Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability in Water Supply and Sanitation: Action, Learning, Experiences, World Bank Institute (WBI) and TI
• Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit - Civil society experiences and emerging strategies, TI
• Toolbox: Water Integrity and Anti-corruption Tools & Methodologies in Water and Environmental Services Delivery - Platform, WIN

• Water Integrity Network (WIN)
• Transparency International
• U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Partnership choices

• Guidelines for Improved Local Water Governance: Guidelines, methods and tools, EMPOWERS
Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities A Review of Experiences in Developing Countries, The World Bank/PPIAF
The New Economy of Water, The Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water, Pacific Institute

• Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, University of Greenwich

Clarifying roles of water institutions

• Oversees Development Institute
Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science(under the auspices of UNESCO), University of Dundee

Transboundary water cooperation

Regional Water Intelligence Report Central Asia, UNDP Water Governance Facility, 2010
A Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management in Basins, Global Water Partnership (GWP) and International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network, IW:LEARN (Global Environment Facility's International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network)
• Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF), International Waters (IW)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UNECE
• International Training Programme in Transboundary Water Management, SIWI
• Oregon State University

Climate change adaptation

• Adapting Water Management to Climate Change, SIWI, SWH and more
• Training Manual on Climate Adaptation, CapNet

• UNDP
• WaterWiki
• Sida