Water Research in a Plural Policy Terrain

1. Water Research in a Plural Policy Terrain Elements of Policy Relevance and Communication Effectiveness

2. 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

7. 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 Profligacy Markets Social Auditors Pricing is the problem: solution is to remove controls and subsidies Profligacy is the problem: solution is to reign in our greed

8. Cultural Theory of Resources: Abundance, Scarcity or Depletion? Asymmetrical Transactions HIERARCHY FATALISM argues for believes in high RESOURCE LOTTERY RESOURCE SCARCITY that produces to produce PUBLIC GOODS CLUB GOODS excludability from which they are excluded Department of Irrigation: “Silt is a danger to be controlled”. Ryots: “Silt is one among many woes about which we can do nothing”. Competition Unfettered and Unaccountable Competition Fettered and Accountable low jointness high INDIVIDUALISM EGALITARIANISM argues for argues against RESOURCE ABUNDANCE RESOURCE DEPLETION to produce 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

11. Not just IWRM but CEIWRAM {CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED Integrated Water Resource ALLOCATION and Management}