but water reforms are frequently longterm endeavours that involve planning ex ante evaluation and consultation several stages of implementation and ex post evaluation shortterm considerations and vested interests can result in potentially counterproductive action inversely longterm planning and commitment can face strong bottlenecks on the ground because of political discontinuity it is therefore important that strategic plans consider timing and political discontinuity in relation to water policy ensuring transparency across different constituencies is essential for the effective implementation of water policies the process is not always transparent and certain measures such as shortening of the decisionmaking process increase the risk of capture and corruption especially when local governments lack the capacity to monitor investment and civil society is not fully engaged in the s latin america saw a decrease in government provision of public goods and an increase in private sector participation in the water sector