The World Commission on Dams as a multi-stakeholder process: Some future challenges

Hemmati, Minu; Hohnen, Paul

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“…Multi stakeholder processes intend to bring together all major stakeholders to participate in a new form of communication and decision finding (and possibly decision making) on a particular issue (Hemmati, 2002). Mutual collaboration of stakeholders with different experiences and competencies are considered an enrichment opportunity for the policy design process.…”

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Policies Supporting Organic Food and Farming in the EU: Assessment and Development by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries

Vairo

Häring

Dabbert

et al. 2009

Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Policies Supporting Organic Food and Farming in the EU: Assessment and Development by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries

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Häring

Dabbert

et al. 2009

Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing

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“…Multi-stakeholderism, on the other hand, is a somewhat newer form of global governance. It refers to the ‘processes that aim to bring together all major stakeholders in a new form of communication, decision-finding (and possibly decision-making) on a particular issue’ (Hemmati and Hohnen, 2002).…”

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Improving the governance of information technology: Insights from the history of Internet governance

Pandey

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Ravishankar

2022

Journal of Information Technology

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Governance of the Internet is a matter of global importance and concern. The multi-stakeholder (MS) and multilateral (ML) forms have been presented as two competing and plausible models of Internet governance. Drawing on actor–network theory (ANT) and building on an interpretive case study of rich archival data, this paper examines how the focal actor’s (i.e. the U.S. government’s) beliefs influence the choice of Internet governance form. It further explores the strategies of the focal actor to translate the interests of the ML network’s supporters, with a view to enrolling them in the MS governance network. The analysis shows how the focal actor has established the MS governance form through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as an Obligatory Passage Point to keep the Internet successfully operational. The analysis also illuminates the combination of structural and collaborative strategies employed to allay the growing dissatisfaction with the MS governance form. The paper suggests that whilst the protocols and technical standards of the Internet are increasingly relegated to the background, the social and political network that Internet artefacts draw together in a meta-form has grown in prominence. It also argues that there may be a hierarchy of beliefs, which influence how actors enact their translation strategies. Finally, the paper discusses parallels between the MS/ML forms of Internet governance and IT governance in organizational contexts.

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“…The contributions of the now extinct World Commission on Dams (WCD 2000) on promoting a global policy dialogue on large dams and their impacts are very controversial. Although many parties supported the report of the Commission, many others seriously questioned the procedure to establish the commission, the transparency of their processes and methodologies, and also the biases of the final report (for information on both views about the World Commission on Dams, see Asmal 2001;Bird and Wallace 2001;Dingwerth 2005;Hemmati 2002;ICOLD et al 2000;Iyer 2001;Rangachari 2005;Sengupta 2001;Thornton 2001). As mentioned by Rangachari (2005), "The setting up of the World Commission on Dams and its Report-that came out in 2000-did not result in a balanced review but only accentuated the controversies.…”

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Dams: An Essential Component of Development

Tortajada¹

2015

J. Hydrol. Eng.

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Dams have become an integral part of basic infrastructure by offering indispensable benefits like irrigation, hydropower, domestic and industrial water supply, flood control, drought mitigation, navigation, fish farming, and recreation. As controversial as they have been during the last decades due to negative social and environmental impacts, the limited and uneven distribution of water at the global level has made the world realize that more dams, mostly large dams, are needed if development is to be promoted and if basic human needs are to be covered. Overall, it has been global dynamics in terms of water, energy (including trade aspects), food, and climate securities that has recasted the role of dams triggering massive investment on construction and modernization of multiple projects all over the world. It is thus fundamental to continue improving project planning and implementation to avoid unnecessary social and environmental costs. This paper discusses the role of dams on development, hydropower as the main source of renewable energy, the potential it holds to promote regional development, resettlement as the most critical factor still facing construction of large dams, and the role an entirely new group of actors are having in investment of dam projects at the national, regional, and global levels.

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The World Commission on Dams as a multi-stakeholder process: Some future challenges

Abstract: Business as usual, government as usual, and perhaps even protest as usual are not giving us the progress needed to achieve sustainable development. Let's see if we can't work together to find better paths forward.

Cited by 10 publications

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Policies Supporting Organic Food and Farming in the EU: Assessment and Development by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries

Policies Supporting Organic Food and Farming in the EU: Assessment and Development by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries

Improving the governance of information technology: Insights from the history of Internet governance

Dams: An Essential Component of Development

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