Globalizing Integrated Water Resources Management: A Complicated Option in Southern Africa

Claudious Chikozho ()

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2008, vol. 22, issue 9, 1257 pages

Abstract: There is empirical evidence to show that global water resources management paradigm shifts, guided by neo-liberal principles, have played a significant role in the emergence of the integrated water resources management school of thought. In turn, this school of thought has guided most water sector reforms in Southern Africa. Using case studies from South Africa and Zimbabwe, the paper explores the structural influence of integrated water resources management discourses and mainstream development theories promoted at the global level on developing economies. It further explores the utility of the integrated water resources management framework at the local levels. The paper goes beyond theory and articulates some of the key processes that took place in the Mazowe catchment in Zimbabwe and the Inkomati catchment in South Africa where the water reform programmes were piloted. Some insights on the application of neo-liberal principles in the water sectors of Southern African countries begin to emerge from the paper. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

Keywords: Globalization; Neo-liberalism; Poverty; Stakeholder participation; Institutions; Integrated water resources management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9223-7

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