@article{PAR00007803,
  title = {{I}mplementing integrated river basin management in the {R}ed {R}iver {B}asin, {V}ietnam : a solution looking for a problem ?},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {H}oanh, {C}. {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}everal water policy principles considered to be modern and internationally sanctioned have recently been adopted by {V}ietnam. {T}his article focuses on the establishment of the {R}ed {R}iver {B}asin {O}rganization but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. {I}t shows that the promotion of integrated water resource management icons such as river basin organizations ({RBO}s) by donors has been quite disconnected from existing institutional frameworks. {I}f policy reforms promoted by donors and development banks have triggered changes, these changes may have come not as a result of the reforms themselves but, rather, due to the institutional confusion they have created when confronted with the emergence of the {M}inistry of {N}atural {R}esources and {E}nvironment ({M}o{NRE}). {F}or the {M}o{NRE}, the river basin scale became crucial for grounding its legitimacy and asserting its role among the established layers of the administration, while for the {M}inistry of {A}griculture and {R}ural {D}evelopment, {RBO}s became a focal point where power over financial resources and political power might potentially be relocated at its expense. {I}nstitutional change is shown to result from the interaction between endogenous processes and external pressures, in ways that are hard to predict.},
  keywords = {{E}nvironment ; {R}ed {R}iver ; {R}iver basin organization ; {V}ietnam ; {W}ater policy},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}ater {P}olicy},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {518--534},
  ISSN = {1366-7017},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.2166/wp.2011.012},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00007803},
}