Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
A Multi-level 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.
Published on November 21, 2012Also available in: Spanish
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