Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003

The Water Resources Sector Strategy (WRSS) supports implementation of the Bank's 1993 Water Resources Management Policy, using the experience updated internationally, with water resources and management. This country Water Resources Assistance...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2696384/philippines-country-water-resources-assistance-strategy-2003
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topic WATER RESOURCES
WATER MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION
SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WATER UTILIZATION
WATER USER GROUPS
PARTICIPATORY METHODS
PROJECT COMPONENTS DESIGN
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
RIVER BASIN PROGRAMS
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
DECENTRALIZATION
WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS
ACCESS TO EXPERTISE
AFFORDABLE WATER
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AQUACULTURE
ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY
BOARD MEMBERS
BOD
BROAD RANGE
CAPACITY BUILDING
CIVIL SOCIETY
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL WATERS
COASTAL ZONES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONJUNCTIVE USE
CONSTRUCTION
DEFORESTATION
DISCHARGE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
EFFICIENT USE OF WATER
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOW REGULATION
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER PUMPING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLDS
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INDIGENOUS WATER
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
INLAND FISHERIES
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
LAKES
LAND TENURE
LAND USE
LAND USE MANAGEMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL WATER
LOCAL WATER UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MANGROVE
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS
MUNICIPAL USES
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
PIPELINE
POINT SOURCES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTION
POLLUTION DISCHARGE
POTABLE WATER
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROTECTED AREAS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
PUBLIC WORKS
QUALITY OF WATER
QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCES
QUALITY WATER
RAINFALL
RAW WATER
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES
REGULATORY MECHANISMS
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVER FLOW
RIVERS
SALINITY
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SECTORAL WATER
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
SMALL TOWNS
SOIL MANAGEMENT
SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUPPLY OF WATER
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE
SUSTAINABLE USE
SUSTAINABLE WATER
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
TOWNS
TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER BODIES
WATER COMPANY
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER CORPORATIONS
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICT
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
WATER PARTNERSHIP
WATER POLICY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER PRICING
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SAVINGS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SECTOR REFORM
WATER SERVICES
WATER SHORTAGES
WATER STRATEGY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER USE
WATER USER
WATER USERS
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHEDS
WETLANDS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
WTP
spellingShingle WATER RESOURCES
WATER MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION
SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
POLICY FRAMEWORK
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WATER UTILIZATION
WATER USER GROUPS
PARTICIPATORY METHODS
PROJECT COMPONENTS DESIGN
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
RIVER BASIN PROGRAMS
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
DECENTRALIZATION
WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS
ACCESS TO EXPERTISE
AFFORDABLE WATER
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AQUACULTURE
ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY
BOARD MEMBERS
BOD
BROAD RANGE
CAPACITY BUILDING
CIVIL SOCIETY
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL WATERS
COASTAL ZONES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONJUNCTIVE USE
CONSTRUCTION
DEFORESTATION
DISCHARGE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
EFFICIENT USE OF WATER
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOW REGULATION
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER PUMPING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLDS
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INDIGENOUS WATER
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
INLAND FISHERIES
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
LAKES
LAND TENURE
LAND USE
LAND USE MANAGEMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LOCAL WATER
LOCAL WATER UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MANGROVE
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS
MUNICIPAL USES
NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
PIPELINE
POINT SOURCES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTION
POLLUTION DISCHARGE
POTABLE WATER
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROTECTED AREAS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
PUBLIC WORKS
QUALITY OF WATER
QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCES
QUALITY WATER
RAINFALL
RAW WATER
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES
REGULATORY MECHANISMS
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVER FLOW
RIVERS
SALINITY
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SECTORAL WATER
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
SMALL TOWNS
SOIL MANAGEMENT
SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUPPLY OF WATER
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE
SUSTAINABLE USE
SUSTAINABLE WATER
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT
TOWNS
TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER
WATER ALLOCATION
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER BODIES
WATER COMPANY
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER CORPORATIONS
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICT
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
WATER PARTNERSHIP
WATER POLICY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER PRICING
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SAVINGS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SECTOR REFORM
WATER SERVICES
WATER SHORTAGES
WATER STRATEGY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER USE
WATER USER
WATER USERS
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHEDS
WETLANDS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
WTP
World Bank
Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Philippines
description The Water Resources Sector Strategy (WRSS) supports implementation of the Bank's 1993 Water Resources Management Policy, using the experience updated internationally, with water resources and management. This country Water Resources Assistance Strategy (CWRAS) identifies the Philippines principal water resource challenges, the current situation, how the Bank is assisting at present, and what it should in the future. In summary this strategy can be summarized as follows: 1) Bank assistance should translate the rhetoric of water conservation, and sustainability, into practical-realistic programs, and policies; 2) focus should be on promoting cooperation of local government units (LGUs), and water users themselves, and, on following a "bottom-up and top-down" approach, that includes active participation of water users, in addition to developing infrastructure, and management into water resources projects; 3) water resource management (WRM) initiatives should respect cultural practices, which have evolved to provide sustainable WRM in a micro-watershed context. Indigenous water systems provide clues to how WRM should be rooted in the socio-cultural context; and, 4) prioritize support for the use of economic instruments in managing river basins, facilitating private sector participation I the water supply and sanitation sector, and supporting the decentralization of responsibilities for WRM.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
title_short Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
title_full Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
title_fullStr Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
title_full_unstemmed Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003
title_sort philippines : country water resources assistance strategy 2003
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2696384/philippines-country-water-resources-assistance-strategy-2003
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14697
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spelling okr-10986-146972021-04-23T14:03:17Z Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003 World Bank WATER RESOURCES WATER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT WATER UTILIZATION WATER USER GROUPS PARTICIPATORY METHODS PROJECT COMPONENTS DESIGN CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE RIVER BASIN PROGRAMS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION DECENTRALIZATION WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS ACCESS TO EXPERTISE AFFORDABLE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AQUACULTURE ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY BOARD MEMBERS BOD BROAD RANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONJUNCTIVE USE CONSTRUCTION DEFORESTATION DISCHARGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS EFFICIENT USE OF WATER EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPLOITATION EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOW REGULATION FORESTRY GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT INCOME INDIGENOUS WATER INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INLAND FISHERIES INVENTORIES INVESTMENT PROGRAM IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAKES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE MANAGEMENT LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL WATER LOCAL WATER UTILITIES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANGROVE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUNICIPAL USES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES PIPELINE POINT SOURCES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION DISCHARGE POTABLE WATER POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE FINANCING PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROTECTED AREAS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCES QUALITY WATER RAINFALL RAW WATER REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES REGULATORY MECHANISMS RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SALINITY SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL WATER SERVICE AREA SERVICE PROVISION SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SEWERAGE SYSTEM SMALL TOWNS SOIL MANAGEMENT SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TOWNS TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER BODIES WATER COMPANY WATER CONSERVATION WATER CORPORATIONS WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRICT WATER DISTRICTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SAVINGS WATER SECTOR WATER SECTOR REFORM WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGES WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WETLANDS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP The Water Resources Sector Strategy (WRSS) supports implementation of the Bank's 1993 Water Resources Management Policy, using the experience updated internationally, with water resources and management. This country Water Resources Assistance Strategy (CWRAS) identifies the Philippines principal water resource challenges, the current situation, how the Bank is assisting at present, and what it should in the future. In summary this strategy can be summarized as follows: 1) Bank assistance should translate the rhetoric of water conservation, and sustainability, into practical-realistic programs, and policies; 2) focus should be on promoting cooperation of local government units (LGUs), and water users themselves, and, on following a "bottom-up and top-down" approach, that includes active participation of water users, in addition to developing infrastructure, and management into water resources projects; 3) water resource management (WRM) initiatives should respect cultural practices, which have evolved to provide sustainable WRM in a micro-watershed context. Indigenous water systems provide clues to how WRM should be rooted in the socio-cultural context; and, 4) prioritize support for the use of economic instruments in managing river basins, facilitating private sector participation I the water supply and sanitation sector, and supporting the decentralization of responsibilities for WRM. 2013-07-31T20:21:52Z 2013-07-31T20:21:52Z 2003-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2696384/philippines-country-water-resources-assistance-strategy-2003 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14697 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Philippines