The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is coordinating a new research programme on Conflict and Cooperation in Local Water Governance. It will focus on what the consequences are for the poor of increased water competition in the rural areas of developing countries. Danida’s Research Unit for Development Research has approved funding of DKK 10 million (EUR 1.3 million) for a new research programme which during the next three years (2007 – 2010) will map conflicts and cooperation about water in five countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia, and analyse their consequences for the poor. The programme will be coordinated by senior researcher Helle Munk Ravnborg, DIIS. The research will be undertaken in collaboration with Danish as well as national and international partners in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Mali, Zambia and Vietnam. Research in Tanzania will also be coordinated with the programme.

Contact: Dr. Helle Munk Ravnborg, Head, Research Unit on Natural Resources and Poverty, DIIS, Denmark, hmr@diis.dk, http://www.diis.dk/sw6255.asp

Web site: DIIS - Conflict and cooperation in local water governance

Tags: governance, water resources management