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Any queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to World Bank Publications, The World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; e-mail: pubrights@ worldbank.org. iii Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................ vii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................ viii Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................... x Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ xiii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Initial position ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Research approach ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Structure of the report .................................................................................................................... 4 2. Setting the scene ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Hydromet value chain .................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Economics of the hydromet value chain ........................................................................................ 10 3. Case studies ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 United States .................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 United Kingdom .............................................................................................................................. 20 3.4 Japan ............................................................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Myanmar ......................................................................................................................................... 28 3.6 Indonesia ........................................................................................................................................ 32 3.7 Ghana .............................................................................................................................................. 36 3.8 Germany and Israel: Policy changes related to data access ........................................................... 41 3.9 Transnational perspective of international weather companies .................................................... 44 3.10 Models and examples of public-private engagement...................................................................... 45 4. Hydromet value chain development and public-private engagement ........ 47 4.1 Aspects common to all scenarios ................................................................................................... 48 4.2 Reference scenarios ....................................................................................................................... 52 4.3 Good practices ................................................................................................................................ 58 5 Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................................... 63 5.1 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 63 5.2 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 65 5.3 Next steps and need for further research ....................................................................................... 67 iv / The Power of Partnership: Public and Private Engagement in Hydromet Services Annex: Scenario construction ...................................................................................................... 69 References .................................................................................................................................................... 82 List of Figures Figure 1: Simplified hydromet value chain and key enablers . ................................................................................ 5 Figure 2: Sector balance diagram used in this report . ............................................................................................ 9 Figure 3: Sector balance and maturity in U.S. hydromet value chain . ................................................................... 17 Figure 4: Sector balance and maturity in U.K. hydromet value chain . ................................................................... 21 Figure 5: Sector balance and maturity in Japan hydromet value chain ................................................................. 25 Figure 6: Sector balance and maturity in Myanmar hydromet value chain ........................................................... 29 Figure 7: Sector balance and maturity in Indonesia hydromet value chain .......................................................... 33 Figure 8: Sector balance and maturity in Ghana hydromet value chain. ................................................................ 37 Figure 9: Putting interlinked issues into a coherent structure that can be used in planning a hydromet value chain improvement project ......................................................................................... 47 Figure 10: Frame (top), scenario (bottom), and their respective components give structure to complex interlinked issues ...................................................................................................................................... 69 Figure 11: Iterative approach to painting a picture in four iterations ...................................................................... 69 Figure 12: Frame components .................................................................................................................................... 71 Figure 13: Chosen options define a strategy that forms part of a scenario .............................................................. 74 Figure 14: Expected outcomes define a realization that forms part of a scenario ................................................... 79 List of Tables Table 1: Preliminary classification of markets and strategies of hydromet services ............................................ 3 Table 2: Overview of the interviews conducted during the study ......................................................................... 3 Table 3: Elements of hydromet value chain and classification of their maturity level ......................................... 7 Table 4: Two key enablers of the hydromet value chain and classification of their maturity level ..................... 8 Table 5: Classification of goods .............................................................................................................................. 11 Table 6: General typology of meteorological services using economic criteria as defining criteria ................... 11 Table 7: Examples of services and their categorization to illustrate the typology of hydromet services ........... 12 Table