Transcript Directing the Flow

Water Research
in a
Plural Policy Terrain
Elements of Policy Relevance and
Communication Effectiveness
Gyawali, D., J.A. Allan et al., 2006.
EU-INCO water research
from FP4 to FP6 (1994-2006) –
a critical review.
Luxembourg,
Office for Official Publications
of the European Communities, 86p
which can be downloaded from the EU
website
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/water-initiative
Multiple definitions
of what the climate change problem is !
Bureaucracies
Population - too many
people - is the problem :
solution is to manage it
Population
Climate
Change
Pricing
Markets
Pricing is the problem:
solution is to remove
controls and subsidies
Profligacy
Social
Auditors
Profligacy is the
problem: solution is to
reign in our greed
Cultural Theory of Resources: Abundance, Scarcity or Depletion?
Asymmetrical Transactions
HIERARCHY
FATALISM
RESOURCE LOTTERY
high
believes in
argues for
RESOURCE SCARCITY
that produces
to produce
from which they are excluded
Ryots: “Silt is one among many woes
about which we can do nothing”.
Competition
low
Unfettered and
Unaccountable
INDIVIDUALISM
argues for
excludability
CLUB GOODS
PUBLIC GOODS
Department of Irrigation: “Silt
is a danger to be controlled”.
jointness
high
EGALITARIANISM
Competition
Fettered and
Accountable
argues against
RESOURCE ABUNDANCE
to produce
RESOURCE DEPLETION
to produce
PRIVATE GOODS
COMMON-POOL GOODS
Zamindars: “Silt is opportunity”.
Ganga Mukti Andolan: “Silt is a
diversion from other evils in our midst”.
Symmetrical Transactions
Source: Thompson, 2003
Not just IWRM
but CEIWRAM
{CONSTRUCTIVELY
ENGAGED
Integrated Water
Resource
ALLOCATION and
Management}