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In many countries, water institutional reforms (like the establishment of water user associations or the introduction of pricing mechanisms) are conducted in order to achieve more sustainable, efficient, and equitable water usage. Often, however, these reforms do not meet their objectives. Based on a comparative analysis of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, this study highlights the long neglected role of politics. It shows how a neopatrimonial regime context impacts the reform process, focusing on the decision making, the agricultural sector, the local governance institutions, internal water-institutional linkages, and the role of international donor agencies.

Governance. --- Water resources development -- Kyrgyzstan. --- Water resources development -- Tajikistan. --- Water-supply -- Government policy -- Kyrgyzstan. --- Water-supply -- Government policy -- Tajikistan. --- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Kyrgyzstan. --- Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Tajikistan. --- Political Science --- Business & Economics --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Science - General --- Agricultural Economics --- Water resources development --- Political science. --- Comparative politics. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Political Science. --- Comparative Politics. --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The