The Politics of Water Institutional Reform in Neo-Patrimonial States

“There is more than enough water in the world for domestic purposes, for agriculture and for industry. (…) In short, scarcity is manufactured through political processes and institutions (…). ” (United Nations Human Development Report 2006: 3) Water scarcity, water crisis, water wars – since the beginning of the 1990s these terms have appeared again and again in scientific debates, political strategies, and media reports. Water is perceived as a scarce resource that needs efficient management in