Ecological modernization and water resource management: a critique of institutional transitions in Ghana

Atampugre, Gerald; Botchway, De-Valera N.Y.M.; Esia-Donkoh, Kobina; Kendie, Stephen B.

doi:10.1007/s10708-015-9623-9

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“…Therefore, the monitoring and allocation of water use rights are supposed to be undertaken by local governments with the help of traditional authorities. In the course of these reforms, the need to develop a supervisory body and laws for the water sector because investors need security for their investments [27][28]. Therefore, the enactment of a new water law has created the Water Rights Commission which vesting water rights in the state.…”

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Public-Private Partnership: Ghanaian Perspective of Urban Water Supply

Andani¹,

Mpawenimana²

2018

IJET

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In Ghana, tariff of utilities including water is put below cost recovery levels such that government is unable to cope with the challenges in water supply. As such, the government resorts to private partnership to fund the gaps in the urban water supply in the country. The study adopted an integrative multi-stage critical review of relevant literature on public-private partnership in urban water supply. As such articles published between 2006 and 2017 were selected by specific inclusion criteria. Relevant articles on the topic were identified through references and citations. The paper examines the status and trend of water supply, reforms and management of urban water supply in Ghana. The study found problems like poor water supply system, inadequate human and economic resources as well as poor resource allocations and urban water management.

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Public-Private Partnership: Ghanaian Perspective of Urban Water Supply

Andani¹,

Mpawenimana²

2018

IJET

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“…Management of the delta was vested in chiefs and traditional leaders who ensured that all natural resources inherited from their predecessors were sustained for the next generation (Opoku-Agyemang 2001a). For example, there were customary rules and beliefs which prohibited fishing activities on some days and farming close to the water body or harvesting mangroves, and there were demarcated sacred groves in order to protect the serene and fragile environment (Sarpong 2004;Atampugre et al 2016).…”

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The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting

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Addo

Tagoe

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Deltas in the Anthropocene

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The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting 81 produce a double maximum rainfall pattern (Gampson et al. 2017). The major rainy season falls between March and July, and the minor rainy season is between August and November. Mean annual rainfall varies between 146 and 750 mm between years and increases from south of the delta to its north. The dry season occurs from November to February Fig. 4.1 Map of the Volta Delta area depicting the 5 m contour boundary of the delta and the nine administrative districts partly or wholly within the delta

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“…Some of these regulatory mechanisms include the National Water Policy (NWP), a Buffer Zone Policy, water use regulations, and the various acts establishing regulatory agencies and institutions (Table 1). However, the establishment of new institutions, reorganization of water management institutions at the national and sub‐national levels, decentralization of water management to the basin level, and the introduction of various regulatory mechanisms have not curtailed water deterioration in the country (Atampugre et al, 2016; Duncan et al, 2019; Eduful, Alsharif, Acheampong, & Nkhoma, 2020; Eduful, Alsharif, Eduful, et al, 2020; UN‐Habitat, 2005; WRC, 2015). This study therefore examines recent changes in the water sector and how the changes are deepening or constraining good governance in water resources management.…”

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Toward good governance in water resources management in Ghana

Eduful

2023

Natural Resources Forum

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In the global water policy literature, integrating governance principles into water resources management is projected as the best approach to overcome the crisis in water resources management. Therefore, since 1990, many countries, including Ghana, have introduced various changes in their water sector to encourage good governance in the management of the resource. Using interviews and a review of policy and regulatory documents, this study examines recent changes in the water sector in Ghana to identify challenges for good governance in water resources management. The results suggest that the introduction of a new institutional framework and several regulatory mechanisms, including policies, rules, regulations, and laws, has decentralized water management system, increased stakeholder participation, granted voice to marginalized stakeholders, and brought government and communities together in the decision‐making process. However, the results further reveal that several challenges, including institutional barriers, exclusion or underrepresentation of key stakeholders, corruption, multisectoral conflict, collaboration preferences, and others continue to frustrate good governance in water resources management. Deliberately committing to the principles of good governance, amending ineffective regulatory mechanisms, and adequately resourcing regulatory institutions can help avoid many of the challenges in the water sector and propel the country toward sustainable water resources management.

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Ecological modernization and water resource management: a critique of institutional transitions in Ghana

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Public-Private Partnership: Ghanaian Perspective of Urban Water Supply

Public-Private Partnership: Ghanaian Perspective of Urban Water Supply

The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting

Toward good governance in water resources management in Ghana

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