putting mexican water policies on a sustainable financial basis can effectively contribute to several commitments of the pact for mexico in particular the one related to the national system of programmes to combat poverty commitment and the one related to making farming a more productive activity commitment should this initiative be revived it would be an opportunity to ensure that the framework conditions are set to enhance the costeffectiveness of water policies in mexico and to make sure that initiatives in other sectors do not work against and add costs to water policies it would aim to make the best of public budgets and to enhance the financial contribution of water users welldesigned and targeted accompanying measures would be needed to facilitate transition