The success of development programs, including water resource projects, depends on two key factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from other closely related programs. Existing methodologies have limitations in accounting for these critical factors. This paper fills...

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the T??rcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the T??rcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan...