Jamie Skinner

Jamie Skinner was a principal researcher (until March 2022) and senior associate (until June 2024) in IIED's Natural Resources research group.

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Languages: English, French and Spanish

Jamie Skinner is an expert on water governance, especially in arid lands. His work has a particular focus on managing the social and environmental dimensions of large dam projects. He also looks at how to manage multiple benefits from water.

He previously managed IIED's Global Water Initiative programme for West Africa. This programme aimed to improve water management for sustainable agriculture and food security across five countries: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal.

Expertise

Water governance, especially in arid lands; planning and management of social and environmental dimensions of large dams; management of multiple benefits from water.

Before IIED

Director, IUCN Mediterranean programme
Senior adviser, World Commission on Dams

Video playlist

Projects

A dam

FutureDAMS

Active Project

Example of bucket and pulley system on a traditional well - Senegal

Global Water Initiative : Sénégal

Archived Project

Example of bucket and pulley system on a traditional well - Senegal

Global Water Initiative: Senegal

Archived Project

Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger

Global Water Initiative: Niger

Archived Project

Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger

Global Water Initiative : Niger

Archived Project

Smallholders threshing rice in irrigated agricultural perimeter of Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo/GWI West Africa)

GWI Afrique de l'Ouest: contexte du projet

Archived Project

Smallholders threshing rice in irrigated agricultural perimeter of Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo/GWI West Africa)

GWI West Africa: project background

Archived Project

Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh

Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed

Archived Project

Insights

Aerial view of a hydropower plant

Will green bonds boost finance flows to sustainable hydropower?

Insight, 05 April 2021

One man in a small boat on a reservoir, in front of a large dam

Resettlement from large dams – what have we learned?

Insight, 30 October 2019

Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?

Insight, 17 December 2018

Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower?

Insight, 31 October 2016

A woman farmer

Women pay heavier price for big dams

Insight, 08 March 2016

Consultation of local communities affected by the Kandadji dam about long-term leases to secure land tenure (Photo: GWI West Africa)

From traditional land rights to long-term leases: fair compensation?

Insight, 02 June 2015

Manantali dam in Mali (Photo: OMVS/SOGEM via Google license)

Dams in Africa: Combining national and local development

Insight, 09 December 2014

Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo)

Doing dams differently can mean development for all

Insight, 30 August 2013

People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans.

Niger: Tough questions posed by the Kandadji dam development

Insight, 19 April 2013

Men filling plastic containers with water. Niger.

Clean drinking water is about people, not pipes

Insight, 15 March 2012

Publications

Preview of 20711iied.pdf

Sharing the benefits of hydropower to improve displaced people’s livelihoods

21 January 2022

Preview of 17471IIED.pdf

Gender considerations in the restoration of livelihoods: resettlement from hydropower

01 July 2018

Preview of 17610IIED.pdf

Irrigation, food security and poverty – Lessons from three large dams in West Africa

01 December 2017

Preview of 17599IIED.pdf

Meeting future demand for drinking water supply in Dar es Salaam: Hydrological modelling of the Ruvu River and assessment of flows

01 December 2016

Preview of 17409IIED.pdf

Dar es Salaam’s water supplies need stronger, more flexible management to meet SDG6

01 December 2016

Preview of G04204.pdf

Building better dams by sharing the benefits (IWP&DC magazine feature article)

01 April 2016

Preview of 17580IIED.pdf

Sustainable hydropower and carbon finance

01 March 2016

Preview of 17330IIED.pdf

Hydropower sustainability assessments can unlock carbon financing

01 November 2015

Preview of 17292IIED.pdf

Managing the environmental and social risks of hydropower: private and public roles

01 April 2015

Preview of G03923.pdf

Niger: a local fund to share the benefits of the Kandadji dam

01 April 2015

Preview of 17285IIED.pdf

Routing revenue from hydropower dams to deliver local development

01 March 2015

Preview of 17573IIED.pdf

The business case for bilateral support to improve sustainability of private sector hydropower

01 March 2015

Preview of G03894.pdf

Dams in Guinea: proposals for achieving local development

01 February 2015

Preview of 17206IIED.pdf

Renewed hydropower investment needs social and environmental safeguards

01 April 2014

Preview of 17517IIED.pdf

Watered Down? A review of social and environmental safeguards for large dam projects

01 April 2014

Preview of G03770.pdf

Redistribution of revenues from hydropower dams - Review of benefit-sharing mechanisms and local control

01 March 2014

Preview of 11503IIED.pdf

Managing the Boom and Bust: Supporting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in the Sahel

01 December 2013

Preview of 17159IIED.pdf

Making the right to water a reality: tackling barriers to access and equity

01 June 2013

Preview of G03679.pdf

Technical report of regional conference: Implementing the ECOWAS recommendations on large water infrastructure in West Africa: social dimensions.

01 March 2013

Preview of G03530.pdf

Dam powers local development

01 February 2013

Preview of G03681.pdf

Improving the living conditions of communities affected by dam projects: proposals from West African stakeholders

01 January 2013

Preview of 17510IIED.pdf

Sharing the water, sharing the benefits: Lessons from six large dams in West Africa

01 November 2011

Preview of G03181.pdf

Sharing the benefits of large dams

01 November 2011

Preview of 17102IIED.pdf

Are land deals driving ‘water grabs’?

01 November 2011