ABSTRACT
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) developed a strategy for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) which aims to help borrowing member countries to shift from a sectoral, development-based focus to an integrated, management-based approach. One key principle of this strategy is an increased emphasis on institutional issues and capacity building. IWRM means decision making concerning development and management of water resources for various uses. In this decision making process it takes into account the needs and desires of all the different uses, users and stakeholders. This requires an analytical framework for the assessment of the institutional setting for integrated water resources management that the bank could use for the incorporation of capacity building considerations in future IDB water related projects.
