The rapid expansion of tubewell irrigation for rice production in 1980s Bangladesh led to intense debate on the economic, social and environmental impacts. Dominant concerns included inefficient, uneconomic tubewell operation, and groundwater depletion. Socially, the coinage "waterlordism"...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on socio-economic implications of the use of solar energy technology in the Sahel - discusses feasibility and advantages of flat plate collectors' domestic production and rural area applications; stresses advantage for water heating, distillation and thermal...