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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSI would like to extend my gratitude to the many people who have contributed to this work <strong>and</strong> havegenerously shared their time, comments <strong>and</strong> feedback.Special thanks to the partners who have helped establish <strong>and</strong> facilitate this study, namely theOverseas Development Institute (ODI), working through the RiPPLE Programme in Ethiopia fundedby UKaid from the Department for International Development, CARE Ethiopia, working through theHoward G. Buffet Foundation funded Global Water Initiative, <strong>and</strong> Save the Children USA (SC-US)working through the USAID funded Enhanced Livelihoods in Southern Ethiopia/Enhanced Livelihoodsin the M<strong>and</strong>era Triangle (ELSE/ELMT) Program.I would particularly like to thank Eva Ludi, Research Fellow at ODI, London, Alan Nicol, formerDirector <strong>of</strong> ODI’s RiPPLE Program in Ethiopia, Adrian Cullis, Director <strong>of</strong> the Food <strong>and</strong> LivelihoodsProgramme, as well as the rest <strong>of</strong> the team at SC-US Ethiopia including <strong>and</strong> especially Fiona Flintan,Regional NRM Technical Advisor for the ELSE/ELMT Program <strong>and</strong> Coordinator for the NRMTechnical Working Group in Addis Ababa, <strong>and</strong> Charles Hopkins, Pastoral Program Manager forCARE Ethiopia, <strong>and</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong> the team at CARE. I would also like to specially thank the staff <strong>of</strong>ODI’s RiPPLE Programme in Addis Ababa <strong>and</strong> Awassa, who have greatly facilitated the in-countrywork conducted in Ethiopia. Special thanks also go to the following people for being especiallygenerous with their time <strong>and</strong> expertise: Gijs Van’t Klooster, International Consultant on Livestockissues, Emergency <strong>and</strong> Rehabilitation Coordination Office, Food <strong>and</strong> Agriculture Organization (FAO)Ethiopia, Feyera Abdi, Executive Director <strong>of</strong> SOS Sahel Ethiopia, Ayele GebreMariam, Consultant forAfri Consult in Addis Ababa, Fesseha Tekele, Director for Somali Region, Equitable DevelopmentDirectorate at the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Federal Affairs (MoFA), Belayhun Hailu, Senior Officer, <strong>Knowledge</strong>Management <strong>and</strong> Participatory Learning Unit <strong>of</strong> the PCDP Program, MoFA, Abebe Wolde, DeputyCommissioner, Oromia Pastoralist Development Commission (OPDC), Taye Alemayehu, DeputyGeneral Manager, <strong>and</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong> the team at the Oromia Water Works Design <strong>and</strong> SupervisionEnterprise, <strong>and</strong> Marco Bassi, Research Officer, African Studies Centre, University <strong>of</strong> Oxford, U.K.Special thanks also go to David Murphy, Country Director, <strong>and</strong> the team at the International RescueCommittee (IRC) for their inputs <strong>and</strong> for going out <strong>of</strong> their way to generate maps <strong>and</strong> graphs, basedon in-house field assessments, especially for use in this review. Also to the GIS team at UN-OCHAfor generating a recent map <strong>of</strong> NGOs involved in the water sector in pastoral regions, again forspecific use in this review.I would also like to thank John Graham, Senior Policy Advisor, Dubale Admasu, Pastoralist <strong>and</strong>Livestock Programs Coordinator, Mohamed Abdinoor, Technical Advisor for the Pastoral <strong>and</strong>Livestock Programs, Leulseged Belay, Program Management Specialist, Belay Demissie <strong>and</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong>the team at USAID Ethiopia, Jane Strachan, Disaster Operations Specialist, Office <strong>of</strong> U.S. ForeignDisaster Assistance (OFDA), Tim M<strong>and</strong>er, Manager <strong>of</strong> the Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF)Ethiopia, Lorraine Coulter, FEG Consulting, Tilahun Amede, Scientist, Livestock Water <strong>and</strong> NutrientProductivity, Jan de Leeuw, Ecologist <strong>and</strong> Project Leader, Vulnerability <strong>and</strong> Sustainability in (Agro)Pastoral Systems, <strong>and</strong> Getachew Gebru at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) inEthiopia <strong>and</strong> Kenya, Biruk Asfaw, NRM Technical Advisor, <strong>and</strong> Abomsa Kebede, SC-US Ethiopia,Wondu Fisseha <strong>and</strong> Fasil Demeke, CARE Ethiopia, Tezera Getahun, Executive Director, PastoralistForum Ethiopia (PFE), Shanko Desta, Director for Afar Region, Equitable Development Directorate,MoFA, Beruk Yemane, National Pastoral Programme Coordinator, Oxfam GB Ethiopia, YusufAhmed, Country Representative, Islamic Relief Ethiopia, Yoseph Negassa, Director, Action forDevelopment (AFD), Italo Rizzi, Regional Policy Advisor, Lay Volunteers International Association(LVIA) Ethiopia, Tibebu Koji, Water Program Officer, Oxfam US Ethiopia, Abdida’ad Ibrahim,Executive Director, Pastoralist Concern Association Ethiopia (PCAE), Fekadu Abate, OromiaPastoral Association, Kaidaki Gezahegn, Bureau Head, SNPPR Pastoral Affairs Bureau, Mitiku Bedru,Bureau Head, SNNPR Water Bureau, Yitbarek Tessema, Senior Water <strong>and</strong> Sanitation Specialist, <strong>and</strong>Assaye Legesse, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank Ethiopia, the team at the Gudina Tumsa6