The establishment of the Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme (BVIS) in Malawi is a striking example of informed amnesia in development assistance. Despite the lessons learned earlier concerning a process approach to participatory irrigation development in Africa, in the case of BVIS outside...

This article offers an approach to the study of the evolution, spread and uptake of integrated water resources management (IWRM). Specifically, it looks at the <italic>flow</italic> of IWRM as an idea in international and national fora, its <italic>translation and adoption</italic> into national contexts, and the on-the-ground...</italic>