ABSTRACT

Across Latin America, improved water access in rural areas has primarily been secured by residents themselves, bolstered by myriad state and nonstate, domestic and international, entities. In recent decades, the state has lent increasing attention to the rural sector. This article examines recent state interventions towards understanding the evolution of the state’s role in rural water provision vis-à-vis community-based water service providers in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Recognizing the tensions inherent in a call for state engagement in rural water provision, we propose roles that directly engage the challenges facing community-based water management organizations, emphasizing state engagement with national and transnational water committee governance networks and state-society accountability mechanisms.

摘要

在整个拉丁美洲，改善农村地区的供水主要由居民自己确保，并得到无数国家和非国家、国内和国际实体的支持。近几十年来，国家越来越重视农村部门。本文考察了最近国家的干预措施，以了解国家在农村供水中的作用相对于哥斯达黎加、洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜的社区供水服务提供商的演变。认识到要求国家参与农村供水的呼吁所固有的紧张关系，我们提出了直接应对以社区为基础的水资源管理组织面临的挑战的角色，强调国家与国家和跨国水委员会治理网络和国家社会问责机制的参与。