OECD Green Growth Studies
Water and Green Growth
February 2013, 100 pages ISBN 978-92-64-18141-0 www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264181410 $44
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This report demonstrates the benefi ts of a green growth perspective for water resources management (WRM). It pays particular attention to transition: how to inject green growth elements in WRM policies, or in national water strategies, and how to make reform happen (what are the benefi ts; how they can materialise). The report builds on OECD analyses and a wealth of case studies collected by several institutions. It covers four main issues: allocation (where is water most needed?); investment in ecologically sensitive water storage and distribution systems (how to guarantee access to the resource); water-related innovation (e.g. smart water systems, which can save water, energy and investment costs) and the policies which can stimulate it; and water supply and sanitation (as improved access yields signifi cant benefi ts on health, the environment and the economy).
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The report also considers a series of cross-cutting issues: linkages with biodiversity; pricing; equity; governance (national/local initiatives, the role of communities); and strategic planning (a key political tool to make reform happen).
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