Water institutional reforms: theory and practice

Saleth, R. Maria; Dinar, Ariel

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“…However, in the past water used to be referred as a free good, by which this has been replaced by new perspective that water can be treated either as social good or economic commodity (Randall, 1981;Milliman, 1959;Saleth and Dinar, 2005). First those who hold the view that water is a social good have looked into several factors including its necessity to life and perquisite of society social development (Araral, 2009;Brajer and Martin, 1990) and its association with agrarian and industrial revolution (Rose, 1990).…”

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Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

Al-Marshoudi

2018

Int J Soc Sci Mgt

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Oman, which is located on the Southern East of Arabian Peninsula, classified as holding a semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of 100 mm. Therefore, agricultural production in Oman is fully dependent in irrigation. More than one third is supplied by the ancient aflaj (sing. Falaj), which provide 680 x 10 6 m 3 of water per year and irrigate of an area of 26,500 ha. There is two commonly known definition of the aflaj; the locally defined from the classic Arabic root as to divide the water among its shareholders. In addition, the modern technical definition as trenches and tunnels, which are dug in the ground, to convey the accumulated rainfall water table to the irrigated area in the villages. This study explore some of the existing institutional arrangements found within Falajdaris, at the waliyat (city) of Nizwalocated in the Dakhillya governmental, Sultanate of Oman. This study uses mainly face-To-face interviews with local administrative falaj agents to explore and discuss the most operated mechanized of the institutional arrangements. The study concluded that there is strong relationship between FalajDaris institutional arrangements development and physical water variability.

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“…The aim of these two evaluative criteria is to find the most suitable water institutional arrangements (Saleth and Dinar, 2005). It is well recognised that developing a weak institutional arrangements to regulate any watercourse rights can easily create a complex management problems.…”

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Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

Al-Marshoudi

2018

Int J Soc Sci Mgt

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“…Well-known scholarship that addresses water institutions includes Rosegrant and Binswanger ( 1994 ), Barnekov et al ( 1989 ), Saleth and Dinar ( 2005 ), Meinzen-Dick ( 2007 ), Briscoe ( 2011 ), Beveridge and Monsees ( 2012 ) and Horne ( 2013 ). Most of these scholars partly focus on the benefi ts or disadvantages of water markets and provide insights about their utility in specifi c contexts as well as guidance on how they may be improved.…”

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“…Our goal in this chapter is more modest, that is, to show how developing countries may or may not deploy market mechanisms in their water-supply systems and what this implies in terms of effi ciency, equity and sustainability. We do not necessarily provide specifi c recommendations about how to improve water markets; neither do we discuss best practice in terms of water institutions (see Saleth and Dinar 2005 ). Instead, we provide an overview of the key debates and major institutional underpinnings of watersupply sectors in developing countries and their potential performance under market or developmental state-oriented planning conditions.…”

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Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

Chikozho

Mapedza²

2016

Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

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Key actors in various developing countries are often confronted by diffi cult choices when it comes to the selection and deployment of appropriate water governance regimes taking into account national socio-economic and political realities. Indeed, scholars and practitioners alike continue to grapple with the need to create the optimum water-supply and allocation decision-making space applicable to specifi c developing countries. This chapter uses case studies to explore the utility of free-market economics and developmental statism as two major paradigms that have emerged in the face of enduring questions about how best to govern watersupply systems in developing countries. The chapter establishes that increasing pressure on available natural resources may have already rendered obsolete some of the water-supply systems and governance regimes that have served human societies very well for many decades. It is also clear that national water-supply governance paradigms tend to change in tandem with emerging national development theoretical frameworks and priorities. Each nation or local government feels compelled to adopt a particular framework to fulfi l its needs taking into account the broader global water policy context. While many developing countries have adopted water policy prescriptions from the international arena, national and local socio-economic and political realities ultimately determine what works and what does not work on the ground. Local realities have also helped to inform how nation-states domesticate global concepts for their local purposes. Thus, the choice between free-market approaches and developmental state-oriented approaches is never simple, and hybrid models are often deployed. Indeed, the majority of countries and municipalities rely on a mix of market economics and developmental statism to make their water governance regimes more realistic and workable on the ground.

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“…Consequently, many countries are reforming their water sectors to address growing water scarcity, conflicts between categories of users and the need for water for the environment [2]. In countries such as Australia and South Africa, wide ranging water law reforms have resulted in a 'radical shift in the manner in which water is conceived in legal terms and the regulatory frameworks that control its allocation and distribution' [3].…”

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The cultural politics of environmental water management in Australia

Jackson¹

2015

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Australian water policy is a world leader in the area of environmental water management, having established a legal requirement to provide environmental flows in all jurisdictions. Indigenous advocates are closely examining the various policy options developed to acquire water for the environment for their social justice potential. In the pursuit of opportunities to secure water for Indigenous use, they argue that instruments that deliver water to the environment could serve as model institutions through which to redress the historical neglect of Indigenous water rights and the transparently inequitable distribution of water. Deploying a political strategy that is seen by some Indigenous groups as analogous to the struggle for recognition of the rights of aquatic ecosystems to water, considerable effort is going to the development of water entitlements to protect 'culture' (termed 'cultural flows') and tradeable entitlements under the control of Indigenous communities. In water scarce and over-allocated regions, market-based water buy-back programs are perhaps more politically feasible than claims to water based on human-rights norms. This paper will describe the Indigenous water rights strategies developing in Australia under neoliberal environmental governance regimes, showing how influential the discourse of environmental flows and marketization have been on attitudes to water, water distribution, definitions of water rights and notions of justice in water governance. Grounded in political ecology, the analysis will reveal cultural biases in the environmental water management sector and the consequences for minority groups seeking to have their water needs met and their distinct ontological perspectives on water recognised.

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Water institutional reforms: theory and practice

Cited by 149 publications

References 20 publications

Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries

The cultural politics of environmental water management in Australia

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