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008 050819s2005 dcu sb i000 0 eng
010 $a 2005618681
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHG3881.5.W57
245 00 $aDecentralization of river basin management$h[electronic resource] :$ba global analysis /$cAriel Dinar ... [et al.].
260 $a[Washington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2005]
490 1 $aPolicy research working paper ;$v3637
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 8/19/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to promote sustainable and integrated resource management particularly of river basins. Based on an analytical framework for relating decentralization and stakeholder involvement to improved river basin management, this paper infers several hypotheses about factors associated with greater or lesser likelihood of success of the decentralization process using data from 83 river basins worldwide. The results suggest that physical, political, economic, financial, and institutional characteristics of the basin do affect the process and the level of performance of the decentralization. In particular, the presence of water scarcity may be a stimulus to reform, uniting the stakeholders in the basin and leading to better performance; organized user groups push for the initiation of decentralization reforms but may be associated with costs to the process and difficulty of achieving decentralization; the existence of dispute resolution mechanisms supports stakeholder involvement and improves decentralization performance; where stakeholders accepted greater financial responsibility, complying with tariffs and contributing to the budget for basin management, the decentralization process and performance measures increased; basins with higher percentages of their budgets from external governmental sources benefited from better stability and support and it shows in the performance of the decentralization process. "--World Bank web site.
650 0 $aWatershed management$vCase studies.
650 0 $aDecentralization in management$vCase studies.
700 1 $aDinar, Ariel,$d1947-
710 2 $aWorld Bank.
830 0 $aPolicy research working papers (Online) ;$v3637.
856 40 $uhttp://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000016406_20050614125215