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Water: Water and Governance
Alan W. Hall
Introduction
The aim of this chapter is to present a coherent discussion of governance related to water management and development.1 There are numerous definitions of governance, a word that is difficult to translate into many languages. Essentially, it relates to the broad political and administrative systems by which authority is exercised. Similarly, ‘water governance’ is a recent term that may not be well understood. The Global Water Partnership (GWP) defines it as follows:
Water governance refers to the range of political, social, economic and administrative systems that are in place to develop ...
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