Download or read book Decentralization of Water Service Delivery in Mexico written by Cameron Jones Hastings and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project examines the impact of intergovernmental relations and municipal capacity on the process of decentralization of water services through a subnational examination of water service delivery in central Mexico. Conventional thinking is that local governments must have already developed an institutional and administrative capacity in order to provide adequate public services. Others argue that capacities will be developed through the process of giving local governments authority over service provision. Additionally the unique political history of Mexico, a one-party dominant federal government until 2000, provides an interesting opportunity to examine the effects of intergovernmental relations on the provision of public services. Mexico's decentralization reforms have been both hailed as a move in the right direction by international lending institutions and criticized by academics and political observers as an attempt by the historically centralized government to retain control by decentralizing without delegating the necessary authority. The primary research question of this study is: how do intergovernmental relations and municipal capacity influence the process of decentralizing water services, the form that decentralization takes, and the quality of the services provided? Related to this question is whether local governments need to have already developed capacity in order to adequately provide public services or whether this capacity can be acquired "on the job", what impacts political affiliations at the local and state level make, and how various federal and state institutions related to water have shaped the process of decentralization and ultimately the quality and coverage of local water services. These questions and considerations will be addressed through an examination of water services at the municipal and state level in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas, Mexico.
Download or read book Decentralization of Mexican Environmental and Water Policy written by Donna L. Lybecker and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting a Sacred Gift written by Scott Whiteford and published by Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies University of Cali. This book was released on 2002 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting a Sacred Gift makes a strong case that culture, gender, place, politics, and history shape Mexico's water resources policy, management strategies, and, ultimately, its physical and cultural landscapes. This edited volume presents diverse disciplinary approaches - anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science, sociology, and women's studies - all of which converge on theoretical and substantive interest in equity, public participation, and power associated with water. Indeed, the editors make the bold claim that water resources management must go far beyond technological innovation and economic efficiency to include 'visions of fairness in access, protection of the least privileged, engagement of stakeholders in all phases of distribution and maintenance, and a view of development that is sustainable.'
Download or read book Urban water supply in Mexico written by Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel and published by 3Ciencias. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction written by Ehtisham Ahmad and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? The expert contributors to this book address this fundamental question faced by policymakers and scholars in developing and advanced countries. The book illustrates that it is equally important for international agencies as well as bilateral donors to provide advice and assistance on decentralization that effectively supports poverty reduction. The volume builds on insights from the recent, political economy developments in the intergovernmental literature reviewed in the Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, and presents new empirical evidence on the effects of decentralization in different parts of the world. Policy-oriented papers evaluating the effectiveness of decentralized service delivery are presented. The role of institutions and the importance of sequencing of policies in ensuring effective outcomes are also considered. The volume presents some insightful empirical studies of the decentralization process from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. With a detailed empirical analysis of effective outcomes of public policies implemented at the sub-national level, and a focus on method, this book will be of great interest to academics specializing in public sector economics and public finance, and to national and international policymakers.
Download or read book Mexico City s Water Supply written by Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C. and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-05-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the balance of water supply, water demand, and water conservation. The study came about through a nongovernmental partnership between the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council and the Mexican Academies of Science and Engineering. The book will contain a Spanish-language translation of the complete English text.
Download or read book Water Problems in Oaxaca and Their Relation to Administrative Challenges in Mexico Since Decentralization written by Michael Porth and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico has tried to alleviate problems in the delivery and treatment of water for its population in an even and sustainable manner for nearly 100 years. Despite this effort, the country is still grappling with these problems. The focus of this research will be on laws and reforms enacted since country's decentralization process that started after the 1982 debt crisis. Particular attention will be paid to the 1992 National Water Law and why its model of horizontal, participatory management is largely failing. The city of Oaxaca will be used as a case study. Solutions will be proposed to address both administration challenges and economical ways to improve water access and treatment.
Download or read book Decentralization and Its Implications for Urban Service Delivery written by William Dillinger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews efforts to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of urban services delivery in developing countries. It argues that failures in urban service delivery are not merely the result of a lack of technical knowledge on the part of local government staff, but also reflect constraints and perverse incentives confronting local personnel and their political leadership, and these, in turn, are often the inadverten result of problems in the relationship between central and local government. The report views the spread of decentralization as a potentially fortuitous phenomenon. The decentralization now occurring is not a carefully designed sequence of reforms aimed at improving the efficiency of public service delivery ; it appears to be a reluctant and disorderly series of concessions by central governments attempting to maintain political stability. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).
Download or read book Decentralizing Health Services in Mexico written by Nuria Homedes and published by Center for Us-Mexican Studies. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has Mexico, twenty years after beginning the process of decentralizing its health system, realized the anticipated benefits of increased community participation and improvements in efficiency and quality? Addressing this question, Decentralizing Health Services in Mexico presents a thorough historical and theoretical grounding, as well as representative case studies of decentralization at the state and local levels. The authors combine qualitative and quantitative data in their examination of the transfer of authority over fiscal, human, and physical resources in the health sector. The result is a major contribution to the ongoing debate over the advantages and disadvantages of decentralization in varying political, cultural, and economic contexts.
Download or read book Water and Politics written by Veronica Herrera and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how public water service becomes a political tool in Mexican cities and uncovers the politics of water provision in developing democracies
Download or read book Irrigation Management Transfer in Mexico written by Cecilia M. Gorriz and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation World Bank Technical Paper No. 292.Describes Mexico's experience in decentralizing the operation, maintenance, and management functions in irrigation infrastructure from the central government to water user organizations in the private sector.
Download or read book Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Place and Equity written by John M. Whiteley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many predict that by the end of the 21st century water will dominate world natural resource politics as oil does today. At present, much of the world's water is misallocated, wasted or polluted. This book argues that fairness in the allocation of water could be the cornerstone to a more secure future for mankind.
Download or read book Decentralization and Rural Development in Mexico written by Jonathan Fox and published by University of California, San Diego, Center for U.S.-Mexicanstudies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Change in Cities written by Sara Hughes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents pioneering work on a range of innovative practices, experiments, and ideas that are becoming an integral part of urban climate change governance in the 21st century. Theoretically, the book builds on nearly two decades of scholarships identifying the emergence of new urban actors, spaces and political dynamics in response to climate change priorities. However, it further articulates and applies the concepts associated with urban climate change governance by bridging formerly disparate disciplines and approaches. Empirically, the chapters investigate new multi-level urban governance arrangements from around the world, and leverage the insights they provide for both theory and practice. Cities - both as political and material entities - are increasingly playing a critical role in shaping the trajectory and impacts of climate change action. However, their policy, planning, and governance responses to climate change are fraught with tension and contradictions. While on one hand local actors play a central role in designing institutions, infrastructures, and behaviors that drive decarbonization and adaptation to changing climatic conditions, their options and incentives are inextricably enmeshed within broader political and economic processes. Resolving these tensions and contradictions is likely to require innovative and multi-level approaches to governing climate change in the city: new interactions, new political actors, new ways of coordinating and mobilizing resources, and new frameworks and technical capacities for decision making. We focus explicitly on those innovations that produce new relationships between levels of government, between government and citizens, and among governments, the private sector, and transnational and civil society actors. A more comprehensive understanding is needed of the innovative approaches being used to navigate the complex networks and relationships that constitute contemporary multi-level urban climate change governance. Debra Roberts, Co-Chair, Working Group II, IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) and Acting Head, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives, Durban, South Africa “Climate Change in Cities offers a refreshingly frank view of how complex cities and city processes really are.” Christopher Gore, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Canada “This book is a rare and welcome contribution engaging critically with questions about cities as central actors in multilevel climate governance but it does so recognizing that there are lessons from cities in both the Global North and South.” Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography, Durham University, United Kingdom “This timely collection provides new insights into how cities can put their rhetoric into action on the ground and explores just how this promise can be realised in cities across the world - from California to Canada, India to Indonesia.”
Download or read book Decentralized Governance and Accountability written by Jonathan A. Rodden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potential solution for slow economic growth and poor performance by insulated, unaccountable governments. For the last two decades, researchers have been trying to answer a series of vexing questions about the political economy of multi-layered governance. Much of the best recent research on decentralization has come from close collaborations between university researchers and international aid institutions. As the volume and quality of this collaborative research have increased in recent decades, the time has come to review the lessons from this literature and apply them to debates about future programming. In this volume, the contributors place this research in the broader history of engagement between aid institutions and academics, particularly in the area of decentralized governance, and outline the challenges and opportunities to link evidence and policy action.
Download or read book Urban Water Policy in Mexico written by Nicolás Pineda Pablos and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
