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      Crafting co-governance: challenges of the long overdue Pesillo-Imbabura regional drinking water project in Ecuador Translated title: Construcción de co-gobernanza: desafíos del largamente esperado proyecto regional de agua potable Pesillo-Imbabura en Ecuador

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          Abstract Co-governance of state and community organizations in drinking water provision is regarded as an effective and efficient way to achieve sustainable and inclusive water services. This study analyses the struggle over the management arrangement of the Pesillo-Imbabura regional drinking water project in the northern Sierra of Ecuador. It describes the troubled development of a large drinking water project, considering co-governance arrangements and effects on the autonomy, recognition, representation, and distributive outcomes for the (involved) communities. On paper, the institutional design was a good example of cogovernance. In practice, the communities felt left out and envisioned much more control over the project. The communities that managed their own communal drinking water systems were marginalized in the Pesillo-Imbabura project by state policies for the execution of the project and the management of the new central water provision system. The government and donors overlooked the principle of hydraulic property creation which is important for the Indigenous communities because ensures Indigenous people control over their own identity. It establishes the direct link between the long struggle of the communities to get the project financed, the contribution to the construction of the infrastructure, and the creation of water use rights and obligations, but also the right to manage the system.

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          Resumen La co-gobernanza de las organizaciones estatales y comunitarias en el suministro de agua potable se considera una forma eficaz y eficiente de lograr servicios de agua sostenibles e inclusivos. Este estudio analiza la pugna por el arreglo de gestión del proyecto regional de agua potable Pesillo-Imbabura en la Sierra Norte del Ecuador. Describe el desarrollo problemático de un gran proyecto de agua potable, considerando los arreglos de co-gobernanza y los efectos sobre la autonomía, el reconocimiento, la representación y los resultados distributivos para las comunidades involucradas. En el documento, el diseño institucional fue un buen ejemplo de co-gobernanza. En la práctica, las comunidades se sintieron excluidas y previeron mucho más control sobre el proyecto. Las comunidades que manejaban sus propios sistemas comunales de agua potable fueron marginadas en el proyecto Pesillo-Imbabura por las políticas estatales para la ejecución del proyecto y la gestión del nuevo sistema central de provisión de agua. El gobierno y los donantes pasaron por alto el principio de creación de propiedad hidráulica que es importante para las comunidades indígenas porque asegura el control de estos pueblos sobre su propia identidad. Además, se establece el vínculo directo entre la larga lucha de las comunidades para conseguir el financiamiento del proyecto de construcción, la contribución sobre la infraestructura y la creación de derechos y obligaciones del uso del agua, pero también el derecho para administrar el sistema. Classification/clasificación JEL: D23, D63, Q32, R11

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                Journal
                rlde
                Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico
                rlde
                Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo" (La Paz, , Bolivia )
                2074-4706
                2309-9038
                2022
                : 38
                : 95-118
                Affiliations
                [2] Wageningen orgnameWageningen University orgdiv1Department of Environmental Science Netherlands jeroen.vos@ 123456wur.nl
                [3] Wageningen orgnameWageningen University orgdiv1Department of Environmental Science Netherlands rossanamanosalvas@ 123456gmail.com
                [1] Wageningen orgnameWageningen University orgdiv1Department of Social Science Netherlands sandra.megens@ 123456wur.nl
                Article
                S2074-47062022000200095 S2074-4706(22)00003800095
                10.35319/lajed.20223846
                958f7b6c-1897-46d5-9cac-2720ac2bf6bf

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 22 July 2022
                : 05 October 2022
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                conflicto,Co-governance,community organization,drinking water,conflict,Co-gobernanza,organización comunitaria,agua potable

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