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Acknowledgments
We are grateful for helpful comments and suggestions from other members of
the CPWF management team: Alain Vidal, Tonya Schuetz, Michael Victor
and Tim Williams; CPWF Basin Leaders: Olufunke Cofie, Alan Duncan, Kim
Geheb, Pamela George, Simon Langan, Miguel Saravia; Andy Hall; IWMI
colleagues: Jeremy Bird and Elizabeth Weight; and two anonymous reviewers.

Notes
1 Platform in the sense of, “A place or opportunity for public discussion” (Merriam-

Webster, 1989).

2 The World Bank defines social capital as “the norms and networks that enable

collective action. Increasing evidence shows that social cohesion—social capital—is
critical for poverty alleviation and sustainable human and economic development.”
go.worldbank.org/X17RX35L00 (accessed 27 January 2014).

3 Agency is “the capacity, condition, or state of acting or exerting power” (Merriam-

Webster, 1989). It is commonly applied in sociology to individuals or groups that
act independently.

4 PNxx, MKx, ANx and Gangesx refer respectively to Phase 1, Mekong BDC, Andes

BDC and Ganges BDC projects. Details are in the Appendix.

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