Evaluating Water Institutions and Water Sector Performance

Physical limits to fresh water expansion-an emerging reality in many parts of the world-make absolute water scarcity inevitable. The inability of the already developed water supply to meet an ever-growing demand for fresh water also makes the emergence of relative water scarcity unavoidable. Water scarcity-both in its absolute and relative forms-gets accentuated further by an increasing premium attached to water quality and ecological sustainability.

The water sector has undergone remarkable...