IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere
Developing countries like India are actively being encouraged to move from the traditional supply-side orientation towards proactive demand management under the broad framework of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a sound philosophy which i...
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| description | Developing countries like India are actively being encouraged to move from the traditional supply-side orientation towards proactive demand management under the broad framework of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a sound philosophy which is hard to disagree with. However, in developing countries, what usually gets passed-off in the name of IWRM at the operational level takes a rather narrow view of the philosophy and has largely tended to include a blue-print package including: [1] A national water policy; [2] A water law and regulatory framework; [3] Recognition of River Basin as the appropriate unit of water and land resources planning and management; [4] Treating water as an economic good; and [5] Participatory water resource management. Several of these mark a significant shift from current paradigms and making this transition is proving to be difficult. Drafting new water laws is easy; enforcing them is not. Renaming regional water departments as basin organizations is easy; but managing water resources at basin level is not. Declaring water an economic good is simple; but using price mechanisms to direct water to high-value uses is proving complex. As a consequence, the so-called IWRM initiatives in developing country contexts have proved to be ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. |
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| spelling | CGSpace378482025-11-07T08:24:54Z IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere International Water Management Institute water resource management institutional development tube wells economic aspects policy Developing countries like India are actively being encouraged to move from the traditional supply-side orientation towards proactive demand management under the broad framework of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a sound philosophy which is hard to disagree with. However, in developing countries, what usually gets passed-off in the name of IWRM at the operational level takes a rather narrow view of the philosophy and has largely tended to include a blue-print package including: [1] A national water policy; [2] A water law and regulatory framework; [3] Recognition of River Basin as the appropriate unit of water and land resources planning and management; [4] Treating water as an economic good; and [5] Participatory water resource management. Several of these mark a significant shift from current paradigms and making this transition is proving to be difficult. Drafting new water laws is easy; enforcing them is not. Renaming regional water departments as basin organizations is easy; but managing water resources at basin level is not. Declaring water an economic good is simple; but using price mechanisms to direct water to high-value uses is proving complex. As a consequence, the so-called IWRM initiatives in developing country contexts have proved to be ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. 2007 2014-06-13T11:16:52Z 2014-06-13T11:16:52Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/37848 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2007. IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 7p. (IWMI Water Policy Briefing 024) https://hdl.handle.net/10568/37848 |
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| title | IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere |
| title_full | IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere |
| title_fullStr | IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere |
| title_full_unstemmed | IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere |
| title_short | IWRM challenges in developing countries: lessons from India and elsewhere |
| title_sort | iwrm challenges in developing countries lessons from india and elsewhere |
| topic | water resource management institutional development tube wells economic aspects policy |
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