Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Multi-level Approach / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Content Provider.

Series:

OECD Studies on Water, 22245081.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Government policy--Latin America.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors. Based on the OECD Multilevel Governance Framework and a survey on water governance, the report i) maps the allocation of roles and responsibilities in 13 LAC countries’ water policy at central government and sub-national level; ii) identifies the main coordination “gaps” in terms of territorial and institutional fragmentation, funding mismatch, information asymmetry, accountability, objectives and capacity, and iii) provides a range of mechanisms to improve water governance at all levels and foster capacity-building.

Contents:

Foreword

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Mapping institutional roles and responsibilities

A multi-level governance approach to address complexity in the water sector

Multi-level governance challenges in the LAC water sector

Country profiles

Multi-level co-ordination instruments for water policy making.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

92-64-17454-0

OCLC:

826854674