Abstract
This study scrutinizes the institutional realities of water project implementation in remote, rural Nepal. It demonstrates that both sound institutional design and local bricolage capabilities are required for sustainable operation and maintenance of local institutions in the challenging operational environment. Institutional bricolage processes are best facilitated through providing locally legitimate, inspiring spaces to local agencies for continued learning, adaptation, and innovation. However, the apparent institutional designs do not explicitly facilitate such bricolage processes. We therefore outline more organic institutional design that accounts for and addresses the interlaced institutional design and bricolage processes in development intervention contexts for advancing more sustainable natural resources management.
Highlights
ObjectivesThe first aim of the study is to explore the ways in which a water project design and institutional bricolage phenomena are manifested together within the operations of local water users’ institutions, established by the water project
The research revealed that the generic water project design and local institutional bricolage arrangements were profoundly interlaced in the field
We demonstrated the ways in which bricolage arrangements pose problems and offer solutions to institutional functionality and sustainability
Summary
The first aim of the study is to explore the ways in which a water project design and institutional bricolage phenomena are manifested together within the operations of local water users’ institutions, established by the water project
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