Download or read book Effectiveness of nongovernment organizations in developing local irrigation organizations A case study from Sri Lanka written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reports on a detailed sociological study carried out as the NGO (or change agent) was completing three-year projects in two sites, Nagadeepa and Pimburettewa. The study describes the change agent's strategy, and analyzes its impact and the perceptions of farmers and government officials regarding its impact. The case study is placed in a wider context, in terms of both the participatory management policy of the Government of Sri Lanka, and the lessons learned that are relevant for NGOs working in other countries as well.
Download or read book A review of alternative strategies for improving farmer managed irrigation systems in Sri Lanka written by M. H. S. Dayaratne and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irrigation Decision making Processes and Conditions written by Charles Nijman and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1992 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Role of nongovernmental organizations in the improvement of minor irrigation systems in Sri Lanka Proceedings of a Workshop held at Digana Village Kandy Sri Lanka 17 18 March 1989 written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Organizations for Irrigation System Management written by Razaak M. Mohamed Ghani and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Management of Small scale Irrigation Systems written by Inge Jungeling and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1989 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyzes the contributions of a non-goverment organization in improving management of small-scale irrigation systems in Sri Lanka. It documents the decision-making processes in the non-government organization and the context in which this decision making takes place: government policies and policies of non-government organizations in improving the performance of small scale irrigation systems and in assisting the rural population in general. The site selected for research was the Tank Settlement Project in Hamhantota District, Southern Sri Lanka.
Download or read book Multiple Uses of Water in Irrigated Areas written by International Water Management Institute and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is being transferred out of agriculture to meet the growing demand in other areas, often without an agreement of or compensation to farmers with irrigated land and water rights. Furthermore, there is a failure to recognize that irrigation systems supply water not only for the main fields, but also for domestic uses, home gardens, trees and other permanent vegetation, and livestock. Other productive uses include fishing, harvesting of aquatic plants and animals, and a variety of other enterprises such as brick making. In addition, irrigation systems can have a positive or negative effect on wildlife habitats. Thus, the withdrawal of water affects the rural household, rural economy, and the environment in a number of ways. This paper argues that to ensure efficient, equitable, and sustainable water use, to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of the community, irrigation and water resources policies need to take into account all uses and users of water within the irrigation system. The multiple uses of water in the Kirindi Oya irrigation system are examined in this paper. An interdisciplinary group of scientists have investigated a number of areas including water accounting, water quality, household water use, the valuing of water for alternative uses, and the complementarities, competition, and conflicts among uses and users.
Download or read book Developing effective institutions for water resources management A case study in the Deduru Oya Basin Sri Lanka written by P. G. Somaratne and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2003 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is based on a research project financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to conduct a regional study for the development of effective water management institutions (ADBRETA no 5812). Research activities were conducted in five river basins in Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, China and Sri Lanka for a period of three years commencing from 1999. The river basin studied in Sri Lanka was the Deduru Oya river basin in the North Western Province of the country. This report contains the findings of the Deduru Oya basin study. The overall objective of the case study conducted in Sri Lanka was to help the government of Sri Lanka to improve the institutions managing scarce water resources within the frame work of integrated water resources management. This case study included a comprehensive assessment of the existing physical, socio-economic and institutional environment in the river basin and also the long term changes that are likely to take place.
Download or read book User Organizations for Sustainable Water Services written by Ashok Subramanian and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia is a recognized leader in forest conservation, research and development. This book analyzes the country's forest sector and the severe management problems that threaten its socioeconomic stability and environmental integrity. It outlines the significance of Russia's forest resources, review the sector's performance, identifies the key challenges, proposes and agenda for forest sector reform, and assesses the need for assistance from the international community. The book's main focus is on Siberia and the Far East. Tables, boxes and figures show various factors that contribute to and are affected by Russia's environmental problems and the expected reforms in the forest sector. Also available in Russian: Stock No. 14005 (ISBN 0-8213-4005-0).
Download or read book Farmer officer Coordination to Achieve Flexible Irrigation Scheduling written by P. Weerakkody and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new lands being developed are in various locations in the Dry Zone and have been divided into several systems and projects. The allocation of diverted Mahaweli water to each project for each season is decided by a central Water Management Secretariat. System H is located in the dry zone in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka and is divided into three projects. The water management efforts made to realize this objective, using two different approaches in the H5 subsystem of System H, and the significant results achieved, are discussed in this paper.
Download or read book Recolonisation written by Susantha Goonatilake and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-09-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recolonisation contributes to the developing debate which is questioning the role of foreign funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There is a growing awareness that they serve as a powerful structural influence which impacts on both organizational landscapes and civil society. In this context, Susantha Goonatilake studies the political economy of NGO activity in Sri Lanka, a country which once had a vibrant democratic tradition and a functioning civil society. Goonatilake contends that focused NGO penetration into the country began in the 1980s simultaneously with the growth of the authoritarian state. He claims that subsequent NGO activity in Sri Lanka has had a deep impact on visible civic life, drawing the conclusion that the work of foreign funded NGOs actually undermines 'locally grown' civil institutions.
Download or read book The Impact of Strategic Planning for Non Government Organizations in Sri Lanka written by Rohana Weerasooriya and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between strategic planning and organizational performance has rarely been examined in the public and nonprofit sectors. Moreover, most of the existing research has been confined to examining the nonprofit sector in the western society and very little has been conducted about strategic planning in nonprofits in developing countries like Sri Lanka. This conceptual paper aims at proposing a conceptual model for empirical examination the effect of strategic planning on Sri Lankan non government organization's performance effectiveness and assessment of the performance effectiveness was made using the multiple perspectives of the balanced scorecard (Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton, 1992 a). A fifth dimension was added to the balanced scorecard, developed originally by Niven (2008), which is volunteers' development. This research study makes a vital contribution to the existing body of knowledge with the proposed conceptual framework with the intention that it can be used as a foundation for the prospect research in this context.
Download or read book The Impact of Strategic Planning for Training and Educational Non Government Organizations in Sri Lanka written by Rohana Weerasooriya and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of strategic planning, based on the balanced scorecard concept,to emphatically investigate the training and educational non-government organizations in Sri Lanka. This study aims at performance effectiveness made using the multiple perspectives of the balanced scorecard (Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton, 1992 a). A fifth dimension was added to the balanced scorecard, developed originally by Niven (2008), which is volunteers' development. Fifty executives were selected from the Sri Lankan training and educational non-government organizations for this study. Results however, did not show that most of the Sri Lankan non governments are fully aware of the BSC as a tool for assessing their performance effectiveness. A statistically significant difference was found in four out of five domains embraced by the BSC performance effectiveness scale and four out of seven hypotheses were supported to the performance effectiveness model. The NGO's sector in Sri Lanka is highly fragmented and lacks the formal means necessary for effective performance reporting.
Download or read book Impact Assessment of Irrigation Infrastructure Development on Poverty Alleviation written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adaptive participatory and integrated assessment of the impacts of irrigation on fisheries evaluation of the approach in Sri Lanka written by Sophie Nguyen-Khoa and published by IWMI Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Planning for Non Government Organizations in Sri Lanka An Evaluation Using the Balanced Scorecard written by Rohana Weerasooriya and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between strategic planning and organizational performance has been examined in the nongovernment sectors. Moreover, most of the existing research has been confined to examining the nongovernment sector in the developing countries and very little has been conducted in developing countries. This study empirically examines the effect of strategic planning on Sri Lankan non government organization's performance effectiveness. An assessment of performance effectiveness was made using the multiple perspectives of the balanced scorecard (Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton, 2001). A fifth dimension was added to the balanced scorecard, developed originally by Niven (2008), which is volunteers' development. The research design was used to compare the performance of strategic planning non government versus that of non strategic planning non government. Random samples of 303 non government organizations were selected for study and 606 executive manager's participation in the study. Results have indicated a statistically significant difference between the mean composite scores of strategic planning activities in strategic versus non-strategic planning non governments along four out of five domains of the BSC performance effectiveness scale. These domains were namely; customer processes, internal business processes, employees learning and growth, volunteers' development except for financial processes. Results however, did not show that most of the Sri Lankan non governments are fully aware of the BSC as a tool for assessing their performance effectiveness.
Download or read book Development Environmental Degradation and Rural Women written by Rohana Ulluwishewa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
