# **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

|**THE TÁRCOLES RIVER BASIN MAP....................................................................................................... 3**|
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|**ACRONYMS.................................................................................................................................................... 4**|
|**1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 5**|
|**2. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................................................................................ 5**|
|**3. METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................................................... 6**|
|**4. TÁRCOLES BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS.......................... 7**|
|4.1 PHYSICALCHARACTERISTICS.................................................................................................................. 7|
|4.2 WATERRESOURCEISSUES ANDPROBLEMS............................................................................................. 8|
|_Sewage, Solid Waste and Water Pollution............................................................................................... 8_<br>|
|_Deforestation.......................................................................................................................................... 10_|
|_Increasing Water Demand...................................................................................................................... 10_|
|_Institutional Context............................................................................................................................... 10_|
|4.3 MAJORSTAKEHOLDERS IN THETÁRCOLESBASIN................................................................................. 11|
|**5. THE TÁRCOLES RIVER BASIN COMMISSION............................................................................... 13**|
|5.1 ORIGIN ANDEMERGENCE OF THEBASINCOMMISSION, 1991-1994....................................................... 13<br>|
|_Source: Ballestero (2003) ...................................................................................................................... 15_|
|5.2 PEAKACTIVITY, 1994-1998................................................................................................................... 16|
|5.3 DIMINUTION OFFUNCTIONS ANDVISIBILITY, 1999-PRESENT................................................................ 18|
|**6. PARTICIPANTS’ MOTIVATIONS AND INCENTIVES.................................................................... 19**|
|**7. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................... 21**|
|**8. APPLICATION OF THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK TO THE TÁRCOLES CASE............. 22**|
|8.1 INITIALCONDITIONS ANDCONTEXTUALFACTORS................................................................................ 22|
|8.2 DECENTRALIZATIONPROCESS............................................................................................................... 23|
|8.3 CENTRAL-LOCALRELATIONSHIPS ANDCAPACITIES............................................................................. 25|
|8.4 INTERNALBASIN-LEVELINSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS.................................................................. 26<br>|
|8.5 OTHERFACTORS.................................................................................................................................... 27|
|**9. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 29**|
|**REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................... 31**|
|**APPENDIX: VARIABLES IN THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................... 33**|
|CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND INITIAL CONDITIONS....................................................................................... 33|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS........................................................................... 33|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/BASIN-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS AND CAPACITIES................ 33|
|THE INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS................................... 34|
|**APPENDIX 2. MATRIX OF LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT**|
|**WATER USES................................................................................................................................................ 35**|
|DOMESTIC-RESIDENTIALUSE...................................................................................................................... 35|
|RESPONSIBLE AGENCY......................................................................................................................... 35|
|AGRIBUSINESSANDINDUSTRIALUSE......................................................................................................... 39|
|RESPONSIBLE AGENCY......................................................................................................................... 39|
|AGRICULTURALANDIRRIGATIONUSE........................................................................................................ 44|
|RESPONSIBLE AGENCY......................................................................................................................... 44|
|HYDROELECTRICANDHYDRAULICUSE47|
|.....................................................................................................<br>RESPONSIBLE AGENCY......................................................................................................................... 47|

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