School of Commerce
Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws
Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws
Thesis:
Water Sector Governance and Institutional Reforms in
Lebanon- Potentials and Challenges for Sustainability
Aims of the research:
During the past five years, the Government of Lebanon has adopted new
laws that have changed the water and wastewater sector’s institutional
and legislative framework and set the path towards major transformations
by redistributing responsibilities and bringing in new opportunities and
challenges as a result of the changing relationships and interaction
mechanisms between the various stakeholders, the new governance
structure and the affected water users. The thesis’ aim is to assess the implications and effectiveness of the
initiated reforms.
Significance of the research:
The vital importance of water, its scarcity and its potential for
generating conflicting uses and users have made it a prominent subject
of research across various disciplines. Academics are increasingly
interested in understanding water resource management, institutions and
governance structures and their change mechanisms.
The past decade has witnessed a number of institutional and legislative reforms that have been initiated in various countries in the Middle East. This thesis will investigate the existing institutions and governance structures and the ongoing institutional reforms, assessing the potential impacts on the sector’s performance and consequential future changes in one such paradigmatic country: Lebanon. The thesis aims at finding out whether intended improvement objectives, including sustainability, of new laws and introduced reforms are being achieved.
Rim can be contacted on +61 8 8302 0226 (UniSA) or by email at kadry001@students.unisa.edu.au
