This report and video by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, looks at various aspects of PPPs, beginning from why PPPs have come to be regarded as the major approach for infrastructure development in the country, the circumstances that lead to the change in approach from direct privatisation to public-private partnerships, the current status of the PPP projects that are being executed in India, especially in the water sector, to the current estimates and projections of investment requirements for infrastructure development in India by governments and International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
This study by CISED is a review of the rights discourse in the context of water, based on academic and popular literature on rights and civil society initiatives as well as government documents regarding water and related subjects. It engages with the idea of rights (and the right to water) to bring questions of social justice and equity to the forefront.Read More
Location
Bangalore, KA, India
Latitude: 12.971599, Longitude: 77.594563
Overall impact evaluation study of the World Bank assisted Integrated Watershed Development project (Hill-II) in the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and KashRead More
"Water: the privatization debate" : is a report by Lalitha Sridhar, written in November 2003, that presents two largely divergent points of view, regarding the controversial issue of water privatization.Read More
This report published by the World Bank consists of two volumes.
Volume 1 is divided into the following chapters: Chapter1: Introduction Chapter 2: Drought And Andhra Pradesh’s Economy: Historical Perspective Chapter 3: Methodological Framework Chapter 4: Reducing Vulnerability Of Agriculture To Drought In Eight Drought-Prone Districts Chapter 5: Managing Economic Impact of Drought at the State Level Chapter 6: Conclusions and recommendationsRead More
Arsenic contamination of irrigation water, soil and crops in Bangladesh: Risk implications for sustainable agriculture and food safety in Asia. A paper from FAO.Read More
