
Framing Research on Water Resources Management and Governance in Cambodia: A Literature Review
Abstract/Summary
The Water Resources Management Research Capacity Development
Programme (WRMRCDP) focuses on research capacity development and knowledge
dissemination in the field of water resources management in catchment areas
surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. The programme is running for five
years (July 2006 to June 2011), and is being implemented by the Natural
Resources and Environment Unit (NRE) of the Cambodia Development Resource
Institute (CDRI), with financial support from AusAID, and involvement from collaborating
research partners: the University of Sydney (USyd), the Royal University of
Phnom Penh (RUPP), the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) and
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
This working paper is the first large publication of
WRMRCDP. This literature review provides a preliminary assessment of water
resources management in Cambodia and has been prepared by the water team of
WRMRCDP in connection with ongoing capacity building and development
activities. The paper examines the existing literature on water resources
management in terms of its physical basis, governance/institutional
arrangements and legal frameworks, and draws on experience at the
international, regional and in-country levels.