OECD Studies On Water - Water Governance In Latin America And The Caribbean: A Multilevel Approach

This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors.  Based on the OECD Multilevel Governance Framework and a survey on water governance, the report i) maps the allocation of roles and responsibilities in 13 LAC countries water policy at central government and sub-national level; ii) identifies the main coordination gaps in terms of territorial and institutional fragmentation, funding mismatch, information asymmetry, accountability, objectives and capacity, and iii) provides a range of mechanisms to improve water governance at all levels and foster capacity-building.  Table of Content : Acronyms and abbreviations Executive summaryChapter 1. A multi-level governance approach to address complexity in the water sector -Introduction-Water as a cornerstone for development -Better public governance for sustainable water policies: A rationale for a multi-level approach-OECD Multi-level Governance Framework: A tool to diagnose water governance challenges-Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 2. Mapping institutional roles and responsibilities-Introduction -Methodology-Main features and observations of central government institutional mapping -Main features and observations of institutional mapping at the sub-national level-Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 3. Multi-level governance challenges in the LAC water sector-Introduction -Methodology for evaluating multi-level governance challenges in water policy making-A preliminary classification of LAC countries-Conclusion-Bibliography Chapter 4. Multi-level co-ordination instruments for water policy making: Evidence from the LAC region-Introduction-Overview of governance instruments for managing mutual dependencies in the water sector-Institutional mechanisms for upper horizontal co-ordination in water policy making-Co-ordinating water policy making across levels of government and among sub-national actors -Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 5. Country profiles-Argentina-Brazil-Chile-Costa Rica -Cuba -Dominican Republic -El Salvador -Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico-Nicaragua -Panama-Peru