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Title Local Water Conflict and Cooperation:Gaps in the Legal and Administrative Water Governance Framework in Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Zambia
Full text http://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/local-water-conflict-and-cooperation(57f0b44e-1777-4fd7-b6bd-7372fd638a0f).html; http://www.cich.org/publicaciones/Proceedings-HELP-2011.pdf
Date 2011
Author(s) Hermann, Roberto Rivas; Hooper, Catherine; Munk Ravnborg, Helle
Contributor(s) Tarté, Andrés; Soto, Eda; Messina, Emilio
Abstract In 2007 the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) launched the research programme Competing for Water: Understanding conflict and cooperation in local water governance'. Along with partners in five developing countries (Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Zambia), the programme aims to contribute to 'sustainable local water governance in support of the rural poor and otherwise disadvantaged groups in developing countries by improving the knowledge among researchers and practitioners of the nature, extent, and intensity of local water conflict and cooperation and their social, economic, and political impacts, and how this may change with increased competition for water' (DIIS, 2007). The country research teams developed an overview of the national water governance frameworks at an early stage of the Competing for Water programme period (Bustamante and Cossio, 2007; Djiré, et al., 2007; Gómez, et al., 2007; Nguyen, 2007; Mweemba, C.E., 2007). The purpose of these overviews was to position the research findings on the extent and nature of local-level water-related conflict and cooperation in the context of on-going efforts to <br/>improve the policy, legal, and administrative water governance framework in the five countries, and discuss their implications. The present paper synthesizes possible 'blind spots' in the national policy, legal, or administrative water governance frameworks with reference to the identified types of water-related conflictive and cooperative situations identified during the inventories. - In 2007 the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) launched the research programme 'Competing for Water: Understanding conflict and cooperation in local water governance'. Along with partners in five developing countries (Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vietnam and Zambia), the programme aims to contribute to 'sustainable local water governance in support of the rural poor and otherwise disadvantaged groups in developing countries by improving the knowledge among researchers and practitioners of the nature, extent and intensity of local water conflict and cooperation and their social, economic and political impacts, and how this may change with increased competition for water' (DIIS 2007). The country research teams developed an overview of the national water governance frameworks at an early stage of the Competing for Water programme period (Bustamante and Cossio, 2007; Djiré et al., 2007; Gómez et al, 2007; Nguyen, 2007; Mweemba, C.E. 2007). The purpose of these overviews was to position the research findings on the extent and nature of local-level water-related conflict and cooperation in the context of ongoing efforts to improve the policy, legal and administrative water governance framework in the five countries and discuss its implications. The present paper synthesizes possible 'blind spots' in the national policy, legal or administrative water governance frameworks with reference to the identified types of water-related conflictive and cooperative situations identified during the inventories.
Subject(s) Local water governance; Conflict; Cooperation; Institutions; Water reforms
Language eng
Publisher Delft University of Technology, Department of Sanitary Engineering; UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education; Sewer Systems /
Type of publication contributionToPeriodical
Source Hermann, R R, Hooper, C & Munk Ravnborg, H 2011, ' Local Water Conflict and Cooperation: Gaps in the Legal and Administrative Water Governance Framework in Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Zambia '. in A Tarté, E Soto & E Messina (eds), Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Building Knowledge Bridges for a Sustainable Water Future. Delft University of Technology, Department of Sanitary Engineering; UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education; Sewer Systems /, pp. 109-113 .
Repository Aalborg - Aalborg University
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