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Water Politics and Development Cooperation

Local Power Plays and Global Governance

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Waltina Scheumann

    1. Waltina Scheumann Helmholtz-Zentrum for Umweltforschung (UFZ) Abt. Umwelt and Planungsrecht, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

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  2. Susanne Neubert

    1. Susanne Neubert Deutsches Institut for Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 53113 Bonn, Germany

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  3. Martin Kipping

    1. Deutsche Botschaft Kabul Einsatz I Ktgt. ISAF AFG, Feldpost, 64298 Darmstadt, Germany

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXX
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  2. Water Policy – Water Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Water Policy – Water Politics

      • Peter P. Mollinga
      Pages 1-29

  4. Critical Debates Revisited

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Strategic Virtual Water Trade – A critical Analysis of the Debate

      • Susanne Neubert
      Pages 123-145

    3. The Debate on “Water as a Human Right” and its Implications for Development Assistance

      • Danuta Sacher, Michael Windfuhr
      Pages 146-176

    4. Rethinking IWRM Under Cultural Considerations

      • Manfred Matz
      Pages 176-201

  5. Politics of Water Supply and Sanitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 202-202
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    2. Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation

      • Thomas Kluge, Ulrich Scheele
      Pages 205-226

    3. Sector Reforms for Sustainable Financing of Water and Wastewater Services

      • Franz-Josef Batz
      Pages 227-235

    4. The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation Services in Colombia

      • Matthias Krause
      Pages 237-255

  6. Power Plays in Irrigation Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 258-258
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    2. Political Power Play in Bulgaria’s Irrigation Sector Reform

      • Insa Theesfeld
      Pages 259-276

    3. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Institutional Change in Kyrgyz Water Governance

      • Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle
      Pages 277-297

  7. Development Cooperation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 300-300
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This statement in the most recent Human Development Report articulates a conv- tion that has increasingly gained ground in the water community over recent years: the key challenge in the water sector is not a lack of water, knowledge, nancial - sourcesortechnology.Ingeneral,itisthepoliticalspherethatdetermineswhetheror not water problems are solved, whether or not people have access to drinking water, irrigation water and sanitation, whether our natural resource base is developed s- tainable or overexploited, and whether new challenges for the water sector – such as adaptation to climate change – will be tackled or not. Politics (the process of decision-making of groups of people, involving the authoritative allocation of e.g. resources), the actors, their interests and interactions determine whether progress is made or hindered. The outcome of water politics is then re ected in water po- cies, the substantive outcome of the political interplay in terms of regulations, action programs or spending priorities of the various public or private entities concerned.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Waltina Scheumann Helmholtz-Zentrum for Umweltforschung (UFZ) Abt. Umwelt and Planungsrecht, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

    Waltina Scheumann

  • Susanne Neubert Deutsches Institut for Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 53113 Bonn, Germany

    Susanne Neubert

  • Deutsche Botschaft Kabul Einsatz I Ktgt. ISAF AFG, Feldpost, 64298 Darmstadt, Germany

    Martin Kipping

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