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Stakeholders should get a fair share of benefits from inter-connected water-energy systems

Stakeholders should get a fair share of benefits from inter-connected water-energy systems

Jul 7, 2020 | comment, News, power systems, Research, Water resources

By Julien Harou, Mathaios Panteli, Jose Gonzalez Cabrera, Gloria Salmoral and Rose Sumner. Traditionally planners considered the effects of water and energy systems on the other in simplified ways or not at all. This has often led to inefficient use of resources and a...
Resilience shift: ‘Seeing the bigger picture – the water-energy nexus’

Resilience shift: ‘Seeing the bigger picture – the water-energy nexus’

Jun 22, 2020 | News, power systems, Water resources

Read the Resilience Shift blog ‘Seeing the bigger picture – the water-energy nexus’ by FutureDAMS researchers Mathaios Panteli, Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña and Julien Harou. The authors discuss the opportunities and challenges in jointly...
How will Covid-19 shape the future of agricultural investments?

How will Covid-19 shape the future of agricultural investments?

Jun 19, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, News, Research

By Sarah Redicker and Roshan Adhikari, The Global Development Institute The Covid-19 pandemic is having wide ranging effects on agricultural systems including major disruptions in food supply chains and other shocks affecting food production, as well as rural...
Webinar – Meeting Africa’s Latest Dam Builders: The Indian ExIm Bank, ‘Entrepreneurial’ Companies and the Outcomes of South-South Cooperation

Webinar – Meeting Africa’s Latest Dam Builders: The Indian ExIm Bank, ‘Entrepreneurial’ Companies and the Outcomes of South-South Cooperation

Jun 12, 2020 | News, Politics and governance

Barnaby Dye, The Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Tuesday 14th July 2020 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wq6uGTxnAbc Download the working paper: Meeting Africa’s Latest Dam Builders: The Indian ExIm Bank, ‘Entrepreneurial’ Companies and the...
Webinar: Alternative models of irrigation development in Ghana

Webinar: Alternative models of irrigation development in Ghana

Jun 11, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, News

Roshan Adhikari, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Tuesday 30th June 2020 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KuMvOyX4_5I Expansion of irrigated agriculture is central to efforts to enhance food security, reduce rural poverty, and increase...
The ex-ante economic analysis of investments in large dams: a brief history

The ex-ante economic analysis of investments in large dams: a brief history

May 29, 2020 | News

By Dale Whittington and Kerry Smith Tuesday 16th June, 4pm Watch: https://youtu.be/lqpzbpSnstE In this presentation Dale and Kerry explore the history of the ex-ante economic analysis of large dams through the discussion of six key developments that have occurred...
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