Complexity of the water sector and its governance arrangements
CASE STUDY
CASE STUDY
Water management is complex and requires governance at a range of different levels, from watersheds, to local water resources, to national policies. Due to water’s physical properties, these governance levels are interrelated (geographically, institutionally and politically). Choices about specific water resources (big or small dams; large-scale or small, farmer-managed irrigation systems; central or decentralized water quality monitoring) influence the governance structure and, by extension, levels of transparency and accountability, which ultimately affects corruption risk (UNDP, 2011).