Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
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Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2012.
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 mi
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; A multi-level governance approach to address complexity in the water sector; Introduction; Water as a cornerstone for development; Better public governance for sustainable water policies: A rationale for a multi-level approach; OECD Multi-level Governance Framework: A tool to diagnose water governance challenges; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Mapping institutional roles and responsibilities; Introduction; Methodology; Main features and observations of central government institutional mapping
Main features and observations of institutional mapping at the sub-national levelConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Multi-level governance challenges in the LAC water sector; Introduction; Methodology for evaluating multi-level governance challenges in water policy making; A preliminary classification of LAC countries; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Multi-level co-ordination instruments for water policy making: Evidence from the LAC region; Introduction; Overview of governance instruments for managing mutual dependencies in the water sector
Institutional mechanisms for upper horizontal co-ordination in water policy makingCo-ordinating water policy making across levels of government and among sub-national actors; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; Country profiles; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
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 mi
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Latin America.
Poverty -- Caribbean Area.
Poverty -- Latin America.