It originally served to connect debates on politics and administration that equated governance with government, but the focus has subsequently been extended beyond government to encompass relationships between a range of state and non-state institutions (Kaufmann etal., Public governance now refers broadly to power and authority and to how a country manages its affairs, and is taken to encompass all the mechanisms, processes, relationships and institutions citizens and groups use to articulate their interests and to exercise their rights and obligations. Water governance formally refers to the set of administrative systems, with a core focus on formal institutions (laws, official policies) and informal institutions (power relations and practices) as well as organisational structures and their efficiency.