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KAUFFER, Edith  y  MEJIA GONZALEZ, Ludivina. From Decolonization to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): Water Policy in Belize though Time (1981-2015). Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.1, pp.37-66.  Epub 11-Sep-2020. ISSN 1405-1079.  https://doi.org/10.29265/gypp.v29i1.656.

We analyze Belize water policy from its independence in 1981 until 2015 from an historical institutional perspective. We demostrate how the institutional change started with a new law based on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) didn’t strengthen water institutions but deepened their weaknesses. An historical institutional focus enables us to understand a doble political heritage that characterizes this emerging State and explains this reality. Our analysis derives from various research projects realized in Central America from 2003 through fieldwork consisting in interviews with governmental, no governmental and academical actors and during workshops and water related events.

Palabras llave : Belize; water; IWRM; institutions.

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