Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance

How could having farmers play experiential games contribute to improving groundwater governance? These games are an example of an innovative procedure, a policy instrument or institutional tool, which those involved in improving groundwater governance could use to understand their problems and oppor...

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Autores principales: Bruns, Bryan Randolph, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127261
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description How could having farmers play experiential games contribute to improving groundwater governance? These games are an example of an innovative procedure, a policy instrument or institutional tool, which those involved in improving groundwater governance could use to understand their problems and opportunities; consider and possibly agree on norms or rules that might avoid aquifer depletion, and create shared gains that use water more productively. Institutional tools for groundwater governance could help deal with complex nexus linkages and achieve gains such as transitions to solar-powered pumping, aquifer recharge and storage to buffer against drought, and protecting and regenerating ecosystems. The concept of a groundwater governance toolbox offers a metaphor for thinking about the variety of policy instruments available and how they might be chosen, combined, and adapted to create customized toolkits to solve problems and achieve gains in specific contexts. New policies are typically layered on top of existing sets of institutions that govern relationships between people and water. This makes it crucial to understand existing knowledge and institutions and how those may interact with institutional changes. The thesis of the paper is that institutional tools need to be combined and crafted to fit contexts, including political economy constraints, opportunities, and solutions.
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spelling CGSpace1272612025-12-02T21:03:13Z Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance Bruns, Bryan Randolph Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. groundwater management groundwater governance natural resources management policies irrigation systems water management water institutions policy instrument mixes solar-powered irrigation groundwater-dependent ecosystems aquifer energy How could having farmers play experiential games contribute to improving groundwater governance? These games are an example of an innovative procedure, a policy instrument or institutional tool, which those involved in improving groundwater governance could use to understand their problems and opportunities; consider and possibly agree on norms or rules that might avoid aquifer depletion, and create shared gains that use water more productively. Institutional tools for groundwater governance could help deal with complex nexus linkages and achieve gains such as transitions to solar-powered pumping, aquifer recharge and storage to buffer against drought, and protecting and regenerating ecosystems. The concept of a groundwater governance toolbox offers a metaphor for thinking about the variety of policy instruments available and how they might be chosen, combined, and adapted to create customized toolkits to solve problems and achieve gains in specific contexts. New policies are typically layered on top of existing sets of institutions that govern relationships between people and water. This makes it crucial to understand existing knowledge and institutions and how those may interact with institutional changes. The thesis of the paper is that institutional tools need to be combined and crafted to fit contexts, including political economy constraints, opportunities, and solutions. 2022-12-31 2023-01-17T08:14:01Z 2023-01-17T08:14:01Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127261 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006 https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08416-210338 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bruns, Bryan Randolph; and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2022. Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2158. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136518.
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groundwater
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natural resources management
policies
irrigation systems
water management
water
institutions
policy instrument mixes
solar-powered irrigation
groundwater-dependent ecosystems
aquifer
energy
Bruns, Bryan Randolph
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance
title Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance
title_full Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance
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title_short Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance
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topic groundwater management
groundwater
governance
natural resources management
policies
irrigation systems
water management
water
institutions
policy instrument mixes
solar-powered irrigation
groundwater-dependent ecosystems
aquifer
energy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127261
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