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Creating institutional arrangements for managing water-scarce river basins: emerging research results

D. J. Merrey

Conference Papers from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Because of increasing water scarcity in developing countries, poor people are suffering greatly from \u2018water deprivation.\u2019 One approach to improving water resources management is to develop river basin management institutions. This paper contrasts government-dominated approaches to forming such institutions with attempts to create stakeholder-based institutions. Two cases of the latter, in Mexico and South Africa, are compared to extract lessons for other countries.

Keywords: Water; scarcity; River; basins; Institutional; development; Developing; countries; Water; shortage; Water; supply; Case; studies; Water; pollution; Legislation; Water; policy; Research; institutes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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