Global Water Initiative (GWI)

24 entries

Guinea's Kaleta dam was completed by a Chinese company in 2015, ending chronic power shortages in the capital city, Conakry (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

How a new ECOWAS directive could change the way dams are built and managed in West Africa

Jérôme Koundouno
08 August 2017

An excerpt from an animation on how governments and communities affected by large dams can both benefit (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

Deals that keep large dam building fair

13 July 2017

An excerpt from an animation on how sharing the revenue from large dams supports local development (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

Using locally controlled funds to support communities affected by large dams

06 July 2017

An image from new animation Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa (Image: Hands Up/IIED)

GWI animation: how to secure land rights of people affected by dams

09 February 2017

A young rice farmer at Sélingué, Mali. A new report urges governments and development agencies to develop context-specific strategies and support systems for agricultural advisory services that meet the needs of local farmers (Photo: Mike Goldwater)

Growing rice needs more than soil and water

Barbara Adolph
30 September 2016

The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)

World Water Week 2016: key resources

24 August 2016

A woman farmer

Women pay heavier price for big dams

Jamie Skinner
08 March 2016

Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)

ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams

16 December 2015

Guinea's Kaleta dam was completed by a Chinese company in 2015, ending chronic power shortages in the capital city, Conakry (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

How a new ECOWAS directive could change the way dams are built and managed in West Africa

Blog, 08 August 2017

An excerpt from an animation on how governments and communities affected by large dams can both benefit (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

Deals that keep large dam building fair

News, 13 July 2017

An excerpt from an animation on how sharing the revenue from large dams supports local development (Image: IIED/Hands Up)

Using locally controlled funds to support communities affected by large dams

News, 06 July 2017

An image from new animation Securing the land rights of people affected by dams in West Africa (Image: Hands Up/IIED)

GWI animation: how to secure land rights of people affected by dams

News, 09 February 2017

A young rice farmer at Sélingué, Mali. A new report urges governments and development agencies to develop context-specific strategies and support systems for agricultural advisory services that meet the needs of local farmers (Photo: Mike Goldwater)

Growing rice needs more than soil and water

Blog, 30 September 2016

The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)

World Water Week 2016: key resources

Article, 24 August 2016

A woman farmer

Women pay heavier price for big dams

Blog, 08 March 2016

Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)

ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams

News, 16 December 2015

Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development

Blog, 25 September 2015

GWI West Africa at World Water Week 2015 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI)

Towards socially just and economically viable dams in West Africa: World Water Week 2015

Event on 23 August 2015