Technical background papers

The technical background papers presented here are the full, published research papers summarized in Water Policy Briefing. All this research is a public good and freely available for use by actors in the water resources arena in India.

For further information contact iwmi-tata@cgiar.org. Contact details of all authors are listed in the respective background papers.

Download a Technical Background Paper

• Water Policy Briefing Issue No.1 (Innovations in Groundwater Recharge)
  
  Technical Paper :
  Artificial recharging of river water: An experiment in Madhya Ganga Canal Project, India.
  
  MSWord Version 800 kb
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Technical Papers for upcoming issues of Water Policy Briefing

• Wells and Welfare in the Ganga Basin: Public Policy and Private Initiative
  ( IWMI Research Report No. 54 ).
  
  PDF file 1,732 kb. Requires Adobe™ Acrobat Reader
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• Elixir or Opiate? - An Assessment of Minor Irrigation Policies in North Bengal
  ( IWMI Working Paper 21 )
  
  PDF file 7,050 kb. Requires Adobe™ Acrobat Reader
  
  
• Limits to Leapfrogging: Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World.
  (coming soon)
  
  
• The North Gujarat Sustainable Groundwater Initiative
  Proposal for Science-based Coordinated Action by IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program,Vallabh Vidyanagar, Institute of Rural Management,Anand and Gujarat Ecology Commission,Vadodara.
  
  MSWord Version 213 kb
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• Rethinking Rehabilitation:
  Socio-ecology of Tanks in Rajasthan, North-West India
  
  MSWord Version 107 kb
  PDF file 190 kb.Requires Adobe™ Acrobat Reader