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Soumya Balasubramanya
Sri Lanka
Economics Research Group Leader
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Soumya Balasubramanya is a researcher at the International Water Management Institute. Her expertise includes environmental economics, non-market valuation, development economics, micro-econometrics, and program evaluation. Soumya’s research has been used by bilateral and multilateral financial organizations, and governments, to guide investments and policy in water, sanitation, agriculture, and climate sectors. She is currently working in South, Southeast, and Central Asia and coordinates IWMI’s programming in Bangladesh.
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On May 25, Agrilinks hosted researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for a seminar entitled “Water Governance, Training and Gender in Agriculture: A New Evidence Base.” This event showcased findings from Feed the Future’s recently completed impact evaluation that...
May 25, 2018
Massive out-migration of male farmers from Tajikistan threatens to undermine the country’s efforts to create community-based institutions capable of handling irrigation management.
May 11, 2018
This post presents findings from the recent Feed the Future impact evaluation on the Impact of Water Users Associations (WUAs) on Water and Land Productivity, Equity and Food Security in Tajikistan. Join our upcoming seminar to learn more! Reforms in water governance are taking place across the...
Jan 30, 2018
Read how the creation of water user associations has helped empower rural people to have a direct stake in irrigation management in Tajikistan.
Jan 29, 2018
This article in the journal Water Economics and Policy is based on data from the Feed the Future impact evaluation assessing the impact of water user associations on food security in Tajikistan.