Is there still a need to legislate? A water policy agenda for the Philippines
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2002
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Makati City, Philippines: Philippine Institute for Development Studies
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This paper outlines the recommended policy agenda for water governance in the Philippines based on the various papers written under a joint research project on water management. Three main themes emerged from the papers despite differences in their approaches and focus. One, the papers are unanimous in declaring that there is a water crisis. Two, the water crisis, which is caused by a conjuncture of natural and anthropogenic events and rooted on destructive land-use practices, is aggravated by a flawed governance system characterized by a soft state. And three, while there is a need to strengthen national laws in order to address the water crisis, the need to empower
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Water policy, Community institutions, Water management, Resource law, Laws and regulations, Government institutions, Institutional capacity building, Watershed management, Local governance, Environmental law, The Philippines, Water crisis, Policy implementation, Ecosystems approach, Soft state, Science-based governance, Market-based instruments, Lgus, Advocacy, Water governance, Ecosystem Governance Watershed
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Development Research News 20 (4): 1-4