Workshop on Strategies for Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Proceedings

This report summarizes the results of the two-day Consultation Workshop on Strategies for Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) financed through a Bank technical cooperation (ATN/SF-5194-RG). The Workshop was held on May 6th-7th, 1996 in San José, Costa Rica. The Workshop included six presentations by consultants on various aspects of water resources management. The consultants' presentations dealt with the following topics: 1) Proposed Elements for a Bank Strategy on Water Resources Management; 2) Planning for the Integrated Management of Water Resources; 3) Institutional Innovation for the Integrated Management of Water Resources; 4) Community Participation in Watershed Management; 5) Water Markets, Monopolies and Rights: Institutional Elements; 6) Economic Instruments in Integrated Water Resources Management: Advantages and Constraints.