Philippines : Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy 2003

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The Water Resources Sector Strategy (WRSS) supports implementation of the Bank's 1993 Water Resources Management Policy, using the experience updated internationally, with water resources and management. This country Water Resources Assistance Strategy (CWRAS) identifies the Philippines principal water resource challenges, the current situation, how the Bank is assisting at present, and what it should in the future. In summary this strategy can be summarized as follows: 1) Bank assistance should translate the rhetoric of water conservation, and sustainability, into practical-realistic programs, and policies; 2) focus should be on promoting cooperation of local government units (LGUs), and water users themselves, and, on following a "bottom-up and top-down" approach, that includes active participation of water users, in addition to developing infrastructure, and management into water resources projects; 3) water resource management (WRM) initiatives should respect cultural practices, which have evolved to provide sustainable WRM in a micro-watershed context. Indigenous water systems provide clues to how WRM should be rooted in the socio-cultural context; and, 4) prioritize support for the use of economic instruments in managing river basins, facilitating private sector participation I the water supply and sanitation sector, and supporting the decentralization of responsibilities for WRM.

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WATER RESOURCES, WATER MANAGEMENT, ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES, WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, POLICY FRAMEWORK, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER UTILIZATION, WATER USER GROUPS, PARTICIPATORY METHODS, PROJECT COMPONENTS DESIGN, CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, RIVER BASIN PROGRAMS, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, DECENTRALIZATION, WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, ACCESS TO EXPERTISE, AFFORDABLE WATER, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AQUACULTURE, ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY, BOARD MEMBERS, BOD, BROAD RANGE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL WATERS, COASTAL ZONES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CONJUNCTIVE USE, CONSTRUCTION, DEFORESTATION, DISCHARGE, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, EFFICIENT USE OF WATER, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXPLOITATION, EXTERNALITIES, FARMERS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, FLOW REGULATION, FORESTRY, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER PUMPING, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, HOUSEHOLDS, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INDIGENOUS WATER, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, INLAND FISHERIES, INVENTORIES, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAKES, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USE MANAGEMENT, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL WATER, LOCAL WATER UTILITIES, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MANGROVE, METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS, MUNICIPAL USES, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PIPELINE, POINT SOURCES, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, POLLUTION DISCHARGE, POTABLE WATER, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRIVATE FINANCING, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROTECTED AREAS, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCES, QUALITY WATER, RAINFALL, RAW WATER, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES, REGULATORY MECHANISMS, RESERVOIRS, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RIVER FLOW, RIVERS, SALINITY, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICES, SECTORAL WATER, SERVICE AREA, SERVICE PROVISION, SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, SEWERAGE SYSTEM, SMALL TOWNS, SOIL MANAGEMENT, SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SUPPLY OF WATER, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE WATER, SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT, TOWNS, TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS, TRANSPARENCY, URBAN AREAS, WASTE WATER, WASTE WATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER BODIES, WATER COMPANY, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER CORPORATIONS, WATER DEMAND, WATER DISTRICT, WATER DISTRICTS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER POLICY, WATER POLLUTION, WATER PRICING, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SAVINGS, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECTOR REFORM, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER STRATEGY, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WETLANDS, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WTP

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