Water Politics and Development Cooperation (eBook)

Local Power Plays and Global Governance

Waltina Scheumann, Susanne Neubert, Martin Kipping (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2008 | 2008
XXX, 416 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-76707-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The importance of the political sphere for understanding and solving water sector problems is the basic rationale of this book, which is the outcome of the Fifth Dialogues on Water, organised at the German Development Institute, Bonn. These dialogues, unlike earlier ones, focused on the political processes of policy formulation and the strategic behaviour of the actors involved. Specific attention is devoted to implications for development cooperation.

Inhalt

Water Policy -- Water Politics 30
Peter P. Mollinga 30
Part I Global Norms and National Policies 59
Towards Implementation of the World Commission on Dams Recommendations 60
Michael Fink and Anne Cramer 60
How Global Norms for Large Dams Reach Decision-Makers 81
Waltina Scheumann 81
Global Environmental Governanceand Its Influence on National Water Policies 107
Imme Scholz 107
Global Water Governance: Managing Complexity on a Global Scale 132
Maria Schnurr 132
Part II Critical Debates Revisited 146
Strategic Virtual Water Trade -- A Critical Analysis of the Debate 147
Susanne Neubert, DIE in collaboration with Lena Horlemann 147
The Debate on ``Water as a Human Right'' and its Implications for Development Assistance 170
Danuta Sacher and Michael Windfuhr 170
Rethinking IWRM Under Cultural Considerations 200
Manfred Matz 200
Part III Politics of Water Supply and Sanitation 225
Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation 226
Thomas Kluge and Ulrich Scheele 226
Sector Reforms for Sustainable Financing of Water and Wastewater Services 248
Franz-Josef Batz 248
The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation Services in Colombia 257
Matthias Krause 257
Part IV Power Plays in Irrigation Reforms 276
Political Power Play in Bulgaria's Irrigation Sector Reform 277
Insa Theesfeld 277
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Institutional Change in Kyrgyz Water Governance 295
Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle 295
Part V Development Cooperation 316
The World Bank's Water Sector Policy Reforms 317
Volkmar Hartje 317
Challenges for German Development Cooperation in the Water Sector 349
Martin Kipping 349
Addressing the Need for Water Service Delivery in Fragile States 369
Stefan Lindemann 369
EU Water Initiative -- A (non-) Innovative Form of Development Cooperation 394
Lena Partzsch 394
Index 416

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2008
• Zusatzinfo: XXX, 416 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Agricultural Economists • climate change • Drinking Water • economy • Environment • Environmental Science • Global Governance • Governance • hydrogeology • International Water Community • paper • Policy • Political Scientists • Politics • Public Choice • Water • water and irrigation reforms • Water Engineers • Water Management • Water Policy • Water Quality and Water Pollution • water resources • water supply
• ISBN-10: 3-540-76707-X / 354076707X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-76707-7 / 9783540767077