Watershed : A New Era of Water Governance in China - Thematic Report.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

World Bank Group.

Series:

Water Papers.

World Bank e-Library.

Water Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Flood Insurance.

Water Pricing and Subsidies.

Water Resource Management.

Water Security.

Water Supply and Sanitation.

Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.

Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions.

Water Treatment and Quality.

Local Subjects:

Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Flood Insurance.

Water Pricing and Subsidies.

Water Resource Management.

Water Security.

Water Supply and Sanitation.

Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.

Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions.

Water Treatment and Quality.

Other Title:

Watershed

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

Each of the chapters presented in this report is based on a series of 15 thematic reports. They provided the basis for the joint identification of key priority reforms by the World Bank and China that were bought together and published in an accompanying Synthesis Report. Topics included: (1) overview of water governance in China; (2) evaluation of China's water security status and issues; (3) advancing water quality markets in China; (4) macro-economic impacts of water scarcity and redlines in China; (5) re-examining the Three Red Lines Policy; (6) water rights verifications and transactions; (7) best practices in cost-benefit analysis for water investments; (8) water prices, taxes, and fees; (9) flood risk management and protection; (10) ecology compensation and governance; (11) legal reform for water governance; (12) China's water management administrative system and its reform; (13) technical innovation and development of an information platform in China; (14) Public Private Partnerships and water governance in China; (15) summary and overall design of China's water governance system. These discussions emphasized key issues for water governance in China, including the need for a stronger legislative foundation for water governance; enhanced basin-scale governance institutions; harmonization of existing policy tools, such as water permits and water rights; better information and data-sharing; and the need to promote ecosystem resilience. Based on these consultations and discussions, a final set of 15 key recommendations have been put forward. These recommendations form the core of the accompanying Synthesis Report. Each priority area is the subject of a separate chapter focusing on the rationale for each of the policy recommendations, drawing on research completed by each study team.