# **Table of Contents**

|**THE ALTO- TIETÊ RIVER BASIN MAP................................................................................................ 3**|
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|**1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 4**|
|**2. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK............................................................................................................. 5**|
|**3. METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................... 7**|
|**4. THE ALTO-TIETÊ RIVER BASIN....................................................................................................... 8**|
|**5. BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS............................................................ 10**|
|**6. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BASIN MANAGEMENT ......................................... 15**|
|6.1 PRIORTODECENTRALIZATION........................................................................................................... 15<br>|
|6.2. THE NEW APPROACH TO WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.............................................................. 16<br>|
|6.3. IMPLEMENTING THESTATE WATER LAW IN THEALTO-TIETÊBASIN. ................................................ 17|
|**7. PARTICIPANTS’ MOTIVATIONS, INCENTIVES, AND ACTIONS ............................................ 25**|
|**8. APPLYING THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK............................................................................ 31**|
|8.1. INITIALCONDITIONS ANDCONTEXTUALFACTORS............................................................................ 31|
|8.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THEDECENTRALIZATIONPROCESS................................................................. 32|
|8.3. CENTRAL-LOCALRELATIONSHIPS ANDCAPACITIES.......................................................................... 32|
|8.4. INTERNALBASIN-LEVELINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS............................................................... 34|
|**9. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................... 36**|
|9.1. DEVOLUTION OFAUTHORITY............................................................................................................ 37|
|9.2. STAKEHOLDERPARTICIPATION.......................................................................................................... 37|
|9.3. FINANCIALSELF-SUFFICIENCY.......................................................................................................... 38|
|9.4. CHANGES INRIVERBASINMANAGEMENTOUTCOMES– STRENGTHS ANDWEAKNESSES OF THE<br>INSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS IN THEALTO-TIETÊRIVERBASINCASE.............................................. 40|
|9.5. OTHERPERSPECTIVES ON THEDECENTRALIZATIONPROCESS IN THEALTO-TIETÊBASIN– THEWAY<br>FORWARD................................................................................................................................................. 41|
|**10. LESSONS LEARNED.......................................................................................................................... 42**|
|**ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. 45**|
|**REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................... 47**|
|**APPENDIX: VARIABLES IN THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................. 51**|
|CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND INITIAL CONDITIONS.................................................................................... 51|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS......................................................................... 51|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/BASIN-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS AND CAPACITIES.............. 52|
|THE INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS................................ 52|

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