Managing the invisible: understanding and improving groundwater governance
This report forms part of the GEF-funded project on “Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Country Action” under the International Waters focal area, and includes partners from the FAO, GEF-IW, IAH, UNESCO-IHP and the Bank. The project includes a broad review of issues, challenges and lessons drawing from national and transboundary case studies. This report is one of twelve thematic papers and has a specific focus on the political economy of groundwater governance. The aim of this study is to analyze the impediments to better groundwater governance within a given political economy and propose recommendations to address key governance issues