Innovation and reform in transboundary resource management: a critical look at the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Abstract

This study examines the prospects for administrative and functional reform of the International Boundary and Water Commission, US and Mexico. A variety of changes along the border (demographic, political, and attitudinal) now impinge on the Commission's capacity to manage transboundary resource problems within its jurisdiction. To cope with these changes, the Commission must become more responsive to its various border constituencies. Additional development is possible in several areas, to include sanitation and water quality, instream flow, and creative approaches to project financing. There are comments by J.R. Bustamante, J.F. Friedkin and M. Solanes on pp 121-132. -from Author