Water Governance for Sustainable Development

The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted
in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled
management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized participatory approaches.
Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation
among competing sectors, and privatization. The case studies demonstrate that
the new policies and legal frameworks have been difficult to implement and
often fall short of intitial expectations.