Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance

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dc.creatorBruns, Bryan Randolph
dc.creatorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
dc.date2022-12-31
dc.date2023-01-17T08:14:01Z
dc.date2023-01-17T08:14:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:41:12Z
dc.descriptionHow could having farmers play experiential games contribute to improving groundwater governance? These games are an example of an innovative procedure, a policy instrument or institutional tool, which those involved in improving groundwater governance could use to understand their problems and opportunities; consider and possibly agree on norms or rules that might avoid aquifer depletion, and create shared gains that use water more productively. Institutional tools for groundwater governance could help deal with complex nexus linkages and achieve gains such as transitions to solar-powered pumping, aquifer recharge and storage to buffer against drought, and protecting and regenerating ecosystems. The concept of a groundwater governance toolbox offers a metaphor for thinking about the variety of policy instruments available and how they might be chosen, combined, and adapted to create customized toolkits to solve problems and achieve gains in specific contexts. New policies are typically layered on top of existing sets of institutions that govern relationships between people and water. This makes it crucial to understand existing knowledge and institutions and how those may interact with institutional changes. The thesis of the paper is that institutional tools need to be combined and crafted to fit contexts, including political economy constraints, opportunities, and solutions.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127261
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111709
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08416-210338
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBruns, Bryan Randolph; and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2022. Combining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2158. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136518.
dc.subjectgroundwater management
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectirrigation systems
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectpolicy instrument mixes
dc.subjectsolar-powered irrigation
dc.subjectgroundwater-dependent ecosystems
dc.subjectaquifer
dc.subjectenergy
dc.titleCombining and crafting institutional tools for groundwater governance
dc.typeWorking Paper

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