The CPWF Volta Basin Focal Project project team was led by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, France) with collaborating

scientists from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - Ghana, CSIR Water Research Institute - Ghana, Université de Ouagadougou,

Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research-Ghana, Institut de Recherches en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS)- Ouagadougou, Institut

National des Sciences de la Société (INSS) - Ouagadougou, WorldFish Centre - Egypt, and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

The report focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization (RRBO) in Vietnam, but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. A few reflections on the policy process are drawn from this analysis, albeit in a tentative form given the relatively limited period of time considered here. The report shows that the promotion of IWRM icons such as RBOs by donors has been quite disconnected from the existing institutional framework.