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his description of required micro®nance practice ambitious but possible. By differentiating between micro®nance theory and practice, the book challenges current research methodologies and invites future research to adopt a more humble community based approach in which theory emerges from practice and is not imposed on unsuspecting communities. Each community, the reader will hear Wright continuously argue, must be given the opportunity, and indeed the right, to develop and experience micro®nance models that address their own unique needs, and not those of the consultants, leaders or donors that facilitate the programme. SAMUEL MUNZELE MAIMBO University of Manchester, UK DOI: 10.1002/jid.836 Water for Food and Rural Development: Approaches and Initiatives in South Asia edited by PETER MOLLINGA New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000. Cloth £29.99. ix + 368 pp). This is not simply a collection of conference papers, although it exhibits the eclectic feel of a conference volume. The editor marshals the 17 invited chapters to suggest approaches and methods that could resolve water resource development and management problems. As well as covering South Asia in general, chapters also consider issues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The material was commissioned for a regional South Asia) consultation on `Water for Food and Development', held in New Delhi in June 1999. This was one of the activities preceding the World Water Forum held in The Hague in March 2000. The latter Forum is planned to be one of the building blocks for the World Water Vision 2025 exercise. The preparation, editing and publication of this volume have been conducted very quickly. Bearing that in mind the book is quite well put together. Mollinga offers up-to-date material for those interested in water resources development, food production, watershed management, ®sheries, irrigation and drainage, and gender issues and in spite of the title and avowed focusÐchapter 16 also considers urban watersheds). The book is divided into three parts: Part I chapters 1±4) introduces water resources development; Part II chapters 5±11) explores the relationship between water, food security and rural development; Part III chapters 12±17) examines innovative approaches that have been applied in South Asia for water resources development and management. In the Introduction chapter 1) Mollinga presents some thoughts on the integration of the different institutions responsible for water resources development and management, and on the integration of water resources development and management into a broader agenda of rural transformation. It is these issues that are the main thrust of the bookÐwater resources development and management as part of the process of rural development. The editor also seeks to prompt increased international, regional and national debate on water resources futures by the different interest groups involved. There is an Appendix plus a list of the contributors and their af®liations. Appendix 1 is the concluding statement of the Conference held in New Delhi South Asia Visions on `Water for Food and Rural Development' 1999), at which papers on which the book's chapters are based were presented. Appendices 2 and 3 are documents on South Asian water issues deemed relevant and important by the Editor: Water, Power and People. A South Asian Manifesto on the Politics and Knowledge of Water 1995), and the concluding statement of the Conference on The Political Economy of Water in South Asia: Policy Problems and Proposals 1995). Clearly, a collection of 17 papers cannot hope to provide a comprehensive coverage of the South Asian water resources development situation. The editor is aware of this p. 17), but argues that it does present a collection of views and approaches, proving there is already much promise to build upon. He argues that it is reasonable to hope for a `grassroots' input and reduced reliance on international water resources' development professionals in the future. The volume goes some way towards meeting these aspirations. CHRIS BARROW School of Social Studies & International Development, University of Wales Swansea, UK DOI: 10.1002/jid.837 Book Reviews 1195 Copyright # 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. J. Int. Dev. 13, 1189±1202 2001)

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