Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis
Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to promote sustainable and integrated resource management particularly of river basins. Based on an analytical framework for relating decentralization and stakeholder involvement to improve...
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okr-10986-82192021-04-23T14:02:42Z Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis Dinar, Ariel Kemper, Karin Blomquist, William Diez, Michele Sine, Gisèle Fru, William ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURE AUTHORITY BASIN AREA BASIN COMMUNITIES BASIN LEVEL BASIN ORGANIZATIONS BASIN USERS BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COALITIONS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORM DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DOWNSTREAM USERS DROUGHT DROUGHT EXPOSURE EXTENSION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY FINANCIAL SUPPORT GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY GROUNDWATER INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES LEGISLATION LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MANAGING WATER RESOURCES MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL LEVEL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC SERVICES RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL CAPITAL STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT SUB-BASIN SUB-BASIN ORGANIZATIONS SURFACE WATER TRANSPARENCY WATER ALLOCATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to promote sustainable and integrated resource management particularly of river basins. Based on an analytical framework for relating decentralization and stakeholder involvement to improved river basin management, this paper infers several hypotheses about factors associated with greater or lesser likelihood of success of the decentralization process using data from 83 river basins worldwide. The results suggest that physical, political, economic, financial, and institutional characteristics of the basin do affect the process and the level of performance of the decentralization. In particular, the presence of water scarcity may be a stimulus to reform, uniting the stakeholders in the basin and leading to better performance; organized user groups push for the initiation of decentralization reforms but may be associated with costs to the process and difficulty of achieving decentralization; the existence of dispute resolution mechanisms supports stakeholder involvement and improves decentralization performance; where stakeholders accepted greater financial responsibility, complying with tariffs and contributing to the budget for basin management, the decentralization process and performance measures increased; basins with higher percentages of their budgets from external governmental sources benefited from better stability and support and it shows in the performance of the decentralization process. 2012-06-15T21:20:14Z 2012-06-15T21:20:14Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860958/decentralization-river-basin-management-global-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8219 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3637 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURE AUTHORITY BASIN AREA BASIN COMMUNITIES BASIN LEVEL BASIN ORGANIZATIONS BASIN USERS BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COALITIONS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORM DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DOWNSTREAM USERS DROUGHT DROUGHT EXPOSURE EXTENSION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY FINANCIAL SUPPORT GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY GROUNDWATER INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES LEGISLATION LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MANAGING WATER RESOURCES MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL LEVEL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC SERVICES RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL CAPITAL STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT SUB-BASIN SUB-BASIN ORGANIZATIONS SURFACE WATER TRANSPARENCY WATER ALLOCATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURE AUTHORITY BASIN AREA BASIN COMMUNITIES BASIN LEVEL BASIN ORGANIZATIONS BASIN USERS BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COALITIONS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECENTRALIZATION REFORM DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DOWNSTREAM USERS DROUGHT DROUGHT EXPOSURE EXTENSION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY FINANCIAL SUPPORT GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY GROUNDWATER INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES LEGISLATION LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MANAGING WATER RESOURCES MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL LEVEL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC SERVICES RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL CAPITAL STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT SUB-BASIN SUB-BASIN ORGANIZATIONS SURFACE WATER TRANSPARENCY WATER ALLOCATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS Dinar, Ariel Kemper, Karin Blomquist, William Diez, Michele Sine, Gisèle Fru, William Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to promote sustainable and integrated resource management particularly of river basins. Based on an analytical framework for relating decentralization and stakeholder involvement to improved river basin management, this paper infers several hypotheses about factors associated with greater or lesser likelihood of success of the decentralization process using data from 83 river basins worldwide. The results suggest that physical, political, economic, financial, and institutional characteristics of the basin do affect the process and the level of performance of the decentralization. In particular, the presence of water scarcity may be a stimulus to reform, uniting the stakeholders in the basin and leading to better performance; organized user groups push for the initiation of decentralization reforms but may be associated with costs to the process and difficulty of achieving decentralization; the existence of dispute resolution mechanisms supports stakeholder involvement and improves decentralization performance; where stakeholders accepted greater financial responsibility, complying with tariffs and contributing to the budget for basin management, the decentralization process and performance measures increased; basins with higher percentages of their budgets from external governmental sources benefited from better stability and support and it shows in the performance of the decentralization process. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Dinar, Ariel Kemper, Karin Blomquist, William Diez, Michele Sine, Gisèle Fru, William |
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Dinar, Ariel Kemper, Karin Blomquist, William Diez, Michele Sine, Gisèle Fru, William |
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Dinar, Ariel |
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Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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Decentralization of River Basin Management : A Global Analysis |
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decentralization of river basin management : a global analysis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5860958/decentralization-river-basin-management-global-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8219 |
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