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This section describes 2 proposed future role Eos the WDA
ever the next ten years, and the gradual restructuring of the
organisation th~t will be necessary to fulfill this role. The
proposal draws upon the lessons leaxned during the
implementation of the CSDP, upon the conclusions and
recommendations of the Study of ?rivate Sectas Participation in
Somalia's Water Resource Development Industry carried out by
LBII (Section 5,0), and upon the many invaluable discussions
held by project staff with WDA, MHWl, and other GDRS employees.
Hany of the difficulties currently faced by the WDA derive
from its confused role within the water resource planning
efforts of the GDRS, a role which has been changing slowly since
the t ime WDA was first established in 1971. These changes are
discussed in the context of the widespread re-evaluation of the
various approaches to development that have taken place in the
last decade. They have occurred largely outside the control of
WDA, yet they have radically altered WDA's ability to fulfill
its original objectives. This also applies, to some extent, to
the roles of the National Water Committee (NWC) and the Ministry
of Minerals and Water Resources (WWR).
Fallowing this necessary reassessment of the current
situation, the praposal argues for the implementation of a move
to greater privatization within the water industry in Somalia
over the next ten years, and discusses the changing role of WDA
which will accordingly be required.
6.1. Changes in the Approach to Development
Concepts of the structure of government, of development
projects, and even ~f the basic approach to science and
technology, have radically changed in recent years. Some of
this rethinking can be traced back to the early part of this
century, but much more, particularly that concerned with
developmental changes in society, has only begun to have an
impact over the last ten or twenty years.
The changes in approach can be characterized by a move from
reductionist to systams theory, from the cause-and-effect
approach to the environmental systems approach. As ft affects
the structure of government, the design of development projects,
and the role of WDA in water resource development in Somalia,
the reduetionist cause-and-effect approach can be expressed as
shown in Figure 2.5.1. Within this structure, water development
is an independent sector within the overall government
administration, as are, for example, the health, agriculture,