Publication

This report provides a critical analysis of water management within Pakistan. Population growth, elite capture of public benefits, rapid urbanization, and shifts in production and consumption patterns have placed unprecedented stress on water resources in the country. The authors argue that the situation cannot be ignored and should be addressed by a framework to reorient demand and improve water management. They believe that this will be a long incremental process, but one that needs to be initiated through both appropriate institutional reforms in the water sector and a healthy dose of democracy in the water resources decision-making structures.