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ADB's Water Policy Implementation Review
Client and Stakeholder Survey

Age
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My Organization:
Central Government
Sub-National Government (Region/State/District/Local)
International NGO/Civil Society Organization
National NGO/Civil Society Organization
Local NGO/Civil Society Organization
Trade Union
Private Sector/Business Association
Private Citizen
Multilateral/Intergovernmental Agency
University/Educational Institution
Research Institute/"Think Tank"
Other (specify):
My Work:
Water resources management
Urban water supply & sanitation
Rural water supply & sanitation
Bulk water supply
Irrigation & drainage
Hydropower
Flood management & urban drainage
Disaster response & mitigation
Watershed management
Environment improvement
Wastewater control & treatment
Marine & coastal management
Others (specify: related field in health, education, environment, public governance)
Please take 10 minutes to answer the following 7 questions. Your response refers to:
Asia Pacific Region, OR Specific Country:
  1. ADB's water policy aims to support its clients in the Asia Pacific region in the following seven areas. In which of these has progress been highest?
    Please select up to 3 areas where progress has been highest.
    2.
National water sector reforms
Integrated water resources management
Expansion and improvement of water services
Water conservation and water use efficiency
Regional cooperation
Stakeholder consultation and participation
Good governance and capacity building

  1. Where should ADB concentrate its water investments over the next 5 years (through 2010)?
    Please select up to 3 areas for priority investments.
    2.
Urban water supply
Rural water supply
Sanitation
Wastewater management
Integrated water resources management in river basins (IWRM)
Irrigation and drainage
Flood management
Hydropower
Transboundary rivers management
Regional exchange of experience
Regional networking for capacity development
Other:

  1. What should ADB include in its water investment packages?
    Please select up to 3 options to be included.
    2.
Sector assessments and analyses of issues
Policy dialogue
Technical assistance
Infrastructure (new and rehabilitation)
Capacity development
Development partnerships
Regional cooperation
Other:

  1. How could ADB become more responsive to client needs and increase its water investments?
    Please select up to 3 approaches to increase investments.
    2.
Program approach (multi-donor budget support to government)
Sector approach (financing subprojects selected by government)
Project approach (financing of projects designed in advance)
Lending to national ministries and agencies
Lending to local government
Private sector participation (without government guarantees)
Other:

  1. Which of these changes (suggested by participants of ADB's Water Week 2004) are the most important?
    Please select up to 3 changes.
    2.
Working more selectively with the right information, organizations, and leaders
Empowering civil society organizations as catalysts for water sector reform
Promoting credible water regulatory bodies for water services
Linking formal and informal water service providers
Catalyzing water investments to the rural poor
Investing more in nonstructural interventions
Lending more to subsovereign partners
Other:

  1. Which of the following options would be most effective in promoting community ownership of water infrastructure and services in poor rural areas?
    Please select up to 3 options.
    2.
Small private water networks
Community-managed water networks
Handover of management to water user organizations
Service agreements between water providers and water user organizations
Participation of NGOs/CBOs in projects implemented by local government
Water awareness campaigns by local government and service providers
Water education in schools

  1. Which of the following groups or organizations should ADB partner with in the next 5 years?
    Please select up to 3 partners or partnerships that ADB should pursue.
    2.
Advocacy:
Media and journalists
Civil society organizations
International advocacy NGOs
United Nations organizations
World Water Council

Co-financing:
Public-private partnerships
Bilateral funding agencies

Knowledge:
Universities and institutes
Multilateral development banks
Global Water Partnership
International organizations e.g. IWMI, IFPRI, IUCN, WWF
International professional associations
Capacity:
Networks among national water apex bodies, river basin organizations, water utilities, and regulatory bodies
Regional water partnerships
Country water partnerships
Professional associations
Research organizations

Other:
Other:

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