Institute of Water Policy Staff Papers 2011

Editors’ Note

Editors’฀Note With฀ great฀ pleasure฀ we฀ offer฀ the฀ first฀ volume฀ of฀ IWP฀ Staff฀ Papers฀ (IWPSP).฀ In฀ the฀ volume,฀ we฀ showcase฀ the฀ research฀ papers฀ and฀ case฀ studies฀produced฀by฀IWP฀research฀staff฀and฀associates฀during฀the฀past฀ years.฀IWPSP฀is฀a฀vehicle฀for฀our฀research฀work฀to฀reach฀out฀to฀larger฀ audience,฀including฀researchers฀and฀policy฀makers฀in฀Asia฀and฀elsewhere,฀ with฀ a฀ view฀ to฀ encourage฀ potential฀ collaborations.฀ IWP฀ Director฀ and฀ staff฀ will฀ be฀ ever฀ ready฀ to฀ engage฀ potential฀ collaborators฀ and฀ other฀ interested฀people. While฀the฀papers฀in฀this฀volume฀and฀those฀to฀come฀in฀future฀are฀ the฀basis฀for฀and฀output฀from฀various฀IWP฀research฀projects,฀researchers฀ may฀ also฀ be฀ publishing฀ further฀ fine-tuned฀ versions฀ in฀ professional฀ journals฀and฀books.฀ We฀ would฀ like฀ to฀ thank฀ Professor฀ Bhanoji฀ Rao฀ for฀ his฀ idea฀ of฀ producing฀this฀volume฀and฀his฀research฀supervision฀to฀all฀the฀researchers฀ at฀IWP.฀ Seetharam฀Kallidaikurichi฀E. Visiting฀Professor,฀Lee฀Kuan฀Yew฀School฀of฀Public฀Policy Director,฀Institute฀of฀Water฀Policy National฀University฀of฀Singapore on฀secondment฀from฀the฀Asian฀Development฀Bank and Fan฀Mingxuan Research฀Associate,฀Institute฀of฀Water฀Policy Lee฀Kuan฀Yew฀School฀of฀Public฀Policy National฀University฀of฀Singapore May฀2011฀ vii 00฀IWP฀Prelims.indd฀฀฀7 6/9/11฀฀฀6:01:38฀PM 00฀IWP฀Prelims.indd฀฀฀8 6/9/11฀฀฀6:01:38฀PM ...