To meet the need for better water resources development and management (WRD&M) in most countries in the Asian and Pacific region, this Issues and Opportunities Discussion Paper is the first interim output of the Asian Development Bank's reconstituted Inte
Title | Towards a policy for water resources development and management in the Asian and Pacific region : issues and opportunities : a discussion paper |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 1995 |
Authors | Arriens, WTLincklaen, Mosley, MP |
Edition | Draft |
Pagination | viii, 139 p.: 7 fig. |
Date Published | 1995-01-01 |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Place Published | Manila, Philippines |
Keywords | asia, catchment areas, institutional framework, national level, oceania, policies, private sector, regional level, water quantity, water resources development, water resources management, water supply charges, water use |
Abstract | To meet the need for better water resources development and management (WRD&M) in most countries in the Asian and Pacific region, this Issues and Opportunities Discussion Paper is the first interim output of the Asian Development Bank's reconstituted Interdepartmental Water Resources Group towards the preparation and adoption of a comprehensive policy on WRD&M for this region. The paper is meant to facilitate consultation and discussion with Bank staff, Government, NGO and private sector representatives from the Bank's Developing Member Countries (DMCs), staff of international and bilateral agencies, and individual experts on the formulation of the Bank's policy on WRD&M. The process suggested focuses on identifying priority issues with stakeholders, and on adopting appropriate principles and recommendations which should then be internalized in the organizational setup and operationalized in the business processes of the Bank and its DMCs. An overview in Chapter 1 is followed in Chapter 2 of the paper by an outline of the global and regional setting of WRD&M, while Chapters 3 and 4 describe issues in the context of DMC national policies, goals and strategies, and the water sector's institutional capacity. Chapters 5 and 6 review issues related to the status and usage of the water resource itself; Chapter 7 examines the WRD&M issues particular to transboundary basins, both internationally and within countries. Interagency and regional cooperation issues related to the formulation of the Bank's policy in WRD&M and operational issues in the context of designing and implementing WRD&M projects are highlighted in Chapters 8 and 9. Chapter 10 presents the Bank's Medium-Term Strategic Framework as the context for any sectoral policy formulation in the Bank. Chapter 11 suggests an agenda for action to continue the policy formulation process. Two appendices offer respectively a review of Bank experience in WRD&M project formulation over the years, and a tool for water sector analysis and strategy formulation in DMCs, in the proposed National Water Sector Profile. |
Notes | 22 ref. |
Custom 1 | 210, 822 |
Original Publication | Towards effective water policy in the Asian and Pacific Region : proceedings of the Regional Consultants Workshop Towards a Policy for Water Resources Development ... Manila, Philippines, 10-14 May 1996. Vol. 1. Overview of issues and recommendations |