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Better water management is needed to ensure there is

enough good quality water to meet the needs of all users,

including the environment. The OECD is continuing its strong

commitment to provide guidance on improving water policy

through its work on economic and governance issues.

Working with a multi-disciplinary team drawn from across theorganisation, the OECD provides a forum for the exchange of

country experiences and the identification of good practice,

and helps to improve the economic and governance

information base for meeting the water challenge.

Improving water policy


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Water Governance in the Netherlands:

Fit for the Future? This report assesses

the extent to which Dutch water

governance is fit for future challenges

and sets out an agenda for the reform

of water policies in the Netherlands.

It builds on a one-year policy dialogue

and is supported by robust analytical

work and international best practice.

Water Security for Better Lives. This

major initiative is a call for action

to identify and manage water risks

- water shortage, excess, pollution

and disruption to freshwater systems

in a cost-efficient way. The report

highlights the importance of setting

and maintaining acceptable levels

of water risks through improving the

understanding around tradeoffs to

improve water security.

Climate Change, Water and

Agriculture. This report analyses

adaptative capacity in agricultural

water management, adaptation in

agriculture to water variability and

extreme events (floods and droughts),

mitigation (water and energy), and

uncertainty about future climate

change.

Recent publications


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Water and Climate Change

Adaptation. This report provides

policy guidance to navigate increasing

water risks and uncertainty in a

changing climate. It draws insights

from a stocktake of efforts to adapt

water systems across all 34 member

countries and the European Unionand examines the potential for using

economic instruments to increase the

flexibility and efficiency of adaptation

responses.

OECD Compendium of Agri-

environmental Indicators. Thisreport describes the policy and

market drivers impacting on the

environmental performance of

agriculture. The chapter on water

covers water resources withdrawals,

irrigated area, irrigation water

application rates, and water quality.

Water Governance in Jordan.This

report assesses the main governance

and financing challenges to private

sector participation (PSP) in the

water supply and sanitation sector of

Jordan, and provides ways forward toaddress them, based on international

experience and OECD compendium of

principles and good practices.


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Making Water Reform Happen in

Mexico. This report provides policy

guidance on critical barriers to water

reform in Mexico: multi-level and

river basin governance, economicefficiency and financial sustainability,

and regulation of water supply

and sanitation. It builds on a one-

year policy dialogue and includes

an implementation plan to help

the government address the OECD

recommendations.

Water Governance in Latin America

and the Caribbean: a Multi-level

Approach. The report reviews

water governance arrangements

in 13 LAC countries. It argues that

public governance of water in most

LAC countries is fragmented andemphasises the need for governance

instruments that are context-specific,

flexible and beneficial to the poor.


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Competition

for water is

intensifying and

water is already

over-allocated in

many countries.

Forthcoming publications

Water, Innovation and Green

Growth. Well-managed water

systems can be important drivers

for growth and can generate huge

benefits for our health and our

economy. This report will provide

guidance on how water policies can

better contribute to green growth

objectives.

Water Resources Allocation: shared

water, shared risks. Competition

for water is intensifying and water

is already over-allocated in many

countries. This book reviews the

current allocation policies in OECD

and key partner countries and will

provide policy guidance on how

to improve the performance of

allocation regimes in order to better

reap the benefits of water resources.

Lessons on reforming allocation

regimes will be drawn from countries

with experience in tackling this

difficult political challenge.

Water, innovation and

Green Growth


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OECD cities need

to adjust the way

they manage

water to face

challenges such

as climate change,

deteriorating

infrastructure and

declining financial

resources.

OECD work on water will address a number of key areas of

current and emerging policy priorities. These include:

Water Policies for Future Cities. This work will provide

guidance on how governments can ensure the financial

sustainability of urban water systems, improve governance

and regulatory frameworks to better implement water

policies at different territorial scales, reduce barriers to the

use of innovative techniques and approaches, and better link

urban and rural water policies.

OECD Water Governance Initiative. This multi-stakeholder

network has been established to support the implementation

of the good governance targets set during the 6th World

Water Forum, share experience to advance the global water

governance agenda, and stimulate discussions across a wide

range of actors within and outside of the water community.

The next meeting is planned for 24-25 November 2014.

OECD-Brazil Water Policy Dialogue. The OECD is working

with the National Water Agency of Brazil (ANA) to assist with

the reform of water policies. The focus is on enhancing

co-operation between federal and state levels and

strengthening water allocation regimes. Key findings and

recommendations will be published in April 2015.

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Well-managed

water systems

can be important

drivers for growth

and can generate

huge benefits for

our health and our

economy.

Water and Agriculture. Work will focus on policies, tools and

institutions to manage floods and droughts in agriculture

in the context of climate change, as well as the sustainable

management of groundwater in agriculture.

Human Impacts on the Nitrogen Cycle. This work promotes

a holistic approach to nitrogen management. It will survey

country strategies and policies to manage Reactive Nitrogen

(Nr) -- nitrogen oxides, nitrates, ammonia, nitrous oxide and

ammonium nitrate.

The Global Forum on Environment (GFENV). A venue that

brings together international experts to share experiences

and explore common policy issues focusing principally on

the environmental dimension of sustainable development

and its linkages with economic and social policies. The

November 2014 GFENV will provide New perspectives on

the Food, Water and Energy Nexus and aims to look at what

governments can do to today to address long-term pressures

on food, water and energy uses.

More information

http://www.oecd.org/water

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