# **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

|**THE FRASER RIVER BASIN MAP.......................................................................................................... 3**|
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|**1. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 4**|
|**2. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK............................................................................................................. 5**|
|**3. METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................... 5**|
|**4. THE FRASER RIVER BASIN................................................................................................................ 6**|
|**5. BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND STAKEHOLDERS............................................................... 8**|
|**6. THE FRASER BASIN COUNCIL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR**<br>**BASIN MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................................... 11**|
|6.1 THEINTERGOVERNMENTALCONTEXT............................................................................................... 11|
|6.2 THEFRASERRIVERESTUARYMANAGEMENTPROGRAM................................................................... 14<br>|
|6.3 THEFRASERBASINMANAGEMENTPROGRAM,AND THEFRASERBASINMANAGEMENTBOARD...... 16<br>6.4 THECHARTER FORSUSTAINABILITY AND THEFRASERBASINCOUNCIL............................................ 18|
|**7. PARTICIPANTS’ MOTIVATIONS, INCENTIVES, AND ACTIONS ............................................ 24**|
|**8. APPLICATION OF THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK.............................................................. 26**|
|8.1 CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND INITIAL CONDITIONS.............................................................................. 26|
|8.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS................................................................... 27|
|8.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CAPACITIES......................................... 28|
|8.4 INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.................................. 28|
|**9. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................... 28**|
|**10. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................................................... 30**|
|REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................. 31|
|**APPENDIX: VARIABLES IN THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK................................................. 33**|
|CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND INITIAL CONDITIONS.................................................................................... 33|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS......................................................................... 33<br>|
|CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT/BASIN-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS AND CAPACITIES.............. 33|
|THE INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS................................ 34|

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