Institutional capacity assessment for water provision in Jakarta, Indonesia
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2021-08-31
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Water is an essential common good to which everyone should have equal access to survive.
In many developing metropolitan cities such as Jakarta, however, the poorer households are
still suffering from the lack of clean water access into their house or neighbourhood while trying
to survive in the growing urban society. Local communities are blaming the public authorities
for their incapability to provide for the local population’s basic needs by instead, profiting
private sectors for their urban water monopoly. This ‘protest’ has led to a possible shift of water
management from being private-led to public-led in Jakarta. Many studies find that while
institutions might have the capability to solve the problem, they might not necessarily have the
capacity to do so. This scenario is especially true in developing countries where public
institutions are not as stable to operate properly. Therefore, it is in the interest of this study to
find the capacity in Jakarta’s institution to provide equal access to water and how different
actors are involved with one another in the decision-making process in water governance. By
adapting Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework, this study aims to draw a
clear map to find the feasibility for public sectors in Jakarta to operate water management
properly to provide equal water access for the local population. Furthermore, this study also
aims to understand the existence and the impact of power imbalance or power dominance in
the decision-making process for water provision.
Key words: Institutional capacity, water governance, Institutional Analysis and Development
Framework, decision-making process, patterns of power
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen