Date Published: April 30, 2020 Water resources are essential for every development activity, not only in terms of available quantity but also in terms of quality. Population growth and urbanisation are increasing the number of users and uses of water, … Read More
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada MEGA | April 8, 2020 Some 15 years ago, China tried to improve its water management policies to reduce impacts of devastating floods, extensive pollution and poor water management practices. During the past decade, … Read More
Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas THE BUSINESS TIMES | March 27, 2020 SINGAPORE is very fortunate as the entire population has access to clean water, soap and handwashing facilities. But are these actually used by individuals and by food … Read More
Cecilia Tortajada and Theodore Lai POLICY FORUM | March 18, 2020 Climate change, natural resource pollution, and scarcity of various forms have become part of the national security agenda in countries all over the world. Although analysts have traditionally treated … Read More
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada POLICY FORUM | March 6, 2020 China’s response to coronavirus has been reasonably effective, but if its policymakers are to show they’ve learned anything from this and the SARS outbreak, they must make China’s … Read More
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada CHINA DAILY | March 4, 2020 On different occasions, Chinese top leader Xi Jinping has asked Party officials to be on the “highest alert to ‘black swan’ incidents and take steps to prevent ‘gray … Read More
The natural complexity, heterogeneity, and extent of transboundary aquifers around the world, have led to controversy over which method or criteria should be used to identify and delineate their boundaries. Currently, there is no standard methodology that aquifer-sharing countries can … Read More
March – May 2020 MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE » Foreword Foreword »Masagos Zulkifli Editorial Festschrift »Cecilia Tortajada and Eduardo Araral Viewpoint A decade of work on water governance at the OECD: what have we learnt? Angel Gurría Secretary-General, Organisation … Read More
January 30, 2020 This special issue on ‘the dark side of governance’ seeks to increase knowledge and reveal new understanding of governance in two meanings: its unknown, hidden side, as well as its darker, obscured side: apparent corruption, deviance, mismanagement, … Read More
Chinese corporations’ ESG requirements have undergone a sea change during the past 10 years. Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada THE BUSINESS TIMES | January 23, 2020 Interests of Chinese companies in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are of … Read More