Acceptabilité des réformes des politiques de gestion de l'eau

This paper proposes a framework to analyse the acceptability of water policy reforms. It shows that the question of reform acceptability arises at three different stages of the reform process : during its design (definition of reform objectives and guidelines), its implementation (choice of policy instruments) and its enforcement. Using theoretical arguments and examples from two case studies (France and Pakistan), the paper shows that, according to the institutional context where the decision is taken (centralised or negotiated decision) the acceptability of a reform can be assessed through the analysis of its political feasibility or through the analysis of the negotiation process.