Comparative Analysis of Water Sector Reform
What makes reform happen? Why does reform take place in some countries but not in others? What works and does not work under what circumstances? What facilitates or hinders the reform process?
ADB tried to answer these questions through a study of water sector reforms in Asia and the Pacific. Find out what the results are. |
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MORE ABOUT THE STUDY
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In 2003, ADB undertook an interim review of ADB's water policy implementation. The objective was to assess whether the water policy has been integrated into ADB operations through the design of loans and TAs.
The interim review identified forty policy actions from the seven principal elements of the water policy.
The study considered the same 40 policy actions but re-stated them into outputs and outcomes.
Progress on achieving the outputs and outcomes was ranked through questionnaire. The ranks represented 4 levels of achievement:
| A | Little or no progress made |
| B | Progress Poor or at an early stage |
| C | Good progress being made |
| D | Excellent, lasting progress |
The value C+D is used as an overall indicator - "good to excellent progress". View the results.
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DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Data for the study were collected through
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Documents Review
Principal sources of documentary information for the analysis included ADB Country Strategies and Programs (CSPs), World Bank Country Assistance Strategies (CAS), National Water Sector Profiles, and the more.
View the bibliography. |
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Unstructured interviews with ADB Staff
ADB staff, most of them from the Water Sector Committee, were asked about the water sector situation in their countries of responsibility. |
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Survey
ADB staff and national water specialists participating in the 2004 ADB Water Week were asked to accomplish a questionnaire as a means of summarizing their observations on the water sector situation in specific countries. |
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Dialogue on Water sector Reform
A group of 20 national water specialists were consulted on the factors influencing the adoption of sector reforms. Read the results of the discussion. |
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Ellen Pascua
Water Fund Manager, ADB
Tel. No. +632 6325243
E-mail: epascua@adb.org
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