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Marcus, Richard. "Water Resource Management Policy and the Globalization of Inequity" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p58976_index.html>

Marcus, R. , 2004-09-02 "Water Resource Management Policy and the Globalization of Inequity" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p58976_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper is based on ongoing fieldwork in Ambovombe-Androy Madagascar, one of four countries (with Kenya, Israel, and the U.S.) in this study, looking at who gets to make decisions about water resources and why. International water policy norms have followed broader natural resource governance norms in advocating decentralization while augmenting community participation. This southern Madagascar makes clear that this is no panacea. The process, embraced by both the Malagasy government and international donors, is increasing water scarcity in the region while exacerbating the north-south economic gap. The finding here is that the political decentralization associated with resource management localization has led to a disengagement of the state, its economic resources, and its management capacity. Rural communities are suddenly faced with having to pay exorbitant costs for water. They are ill-prepared to carry out their municipal functions and unable to raise the level of user-fees or community taxes necessary to fund infrastructure development. Further, communities themselves are diverse even within the region and the universal model for local institutional strengthening is not appropriate in all cases. As a result, systems are neither complex nor adaptive and decision-making at the local level is limited to market opportunities at hand. Donor-funded projects funded support “appropriate” technologies that prop up unsustainable water delivery markets and mine water without possibility of creating a sustainable resource resolve. The result is the concomitant manufacturing of economic hardship and water resource scarcity. A new, more nuanced view of state responsibilities and community participation that ensures both resource perpetuation and not just participation but viable choices by community members is now overdue.

Farm Household Needs Assessment and Government Policy: Integrating Local Values into State-Driven Water Quality Remediation Efforts

Cities and Natural Resources in an Urban World: The Political Development of Water Privatization in the United States

Cities and Natural Resources in an Urban World: The Political Development of Water Privatization in the United States