Executive summary -- Public governance and water policies : an innovative multi-level approach -- Mapping institutional roles and responsibilities -- Challenges to co-ordinating water policies across levels of government -- Multi-level co-ordination of water policies -- Final considerations for...

Groundwater has provided great benefits to agriculture irrigation in semi-arid OECD countries, but its intensive use beyond recharge in certain regions has depleted resources and generated significant negative environmental externalities. The report provides a characterisation of the diversity...