El monitoreo de la implementación de la Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos (GIRH) se ha convertido en un tema central en la formulación de políticas para gestionar los desafíos vinculados a la gestión del agua. La presente investigación busca contribuir a este esfuerzo de medición y tiene como objetivo determinar el estado del arte en las evaluaciones sobre la implementación de la GIRH y derivar algunas conclusiones y recomendaciones para la mejora de la gestión del agua, mendiante la revisión sistemática de la literatura.

The dataset constructed for this study comprises 375 peer-reviewed empirical articles that analyze the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) across diverse geographical and institutional contexts. It was systematically developed by the authors through a structured process of review and coding, identifying the key enablers and obstacles reported in each study. The resulting dataset constitutes a comparative analytical resource that synthesizes international evidence accumulated over more than two decades and aims to enhance transparency, methodological traceability, and replicability. The dataset is organized into three interconnected components. The first component, Database, contains the main corpus of analyzed articles and their general characteristics and corresponds to “Enablers and Obstacles in IWRM Implementation and their Contributions to Sustainable Ter...

Advancing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is essential for integrating land and water strategies and ensuring access to safe and secure water services. Yet, assessing the quality of IWRM implementation remains a persistent challenge for policy and practice. This study presents the first systematic review of 375 empirical articles to consolidate evidence on how enablers and obstacles shape IWRM’s effectiveness in advancing Sustainable Territorial Development (S-TD). Following PRISMA guidelines and combining bibliometric and qualitative coding procedures, we identify ten categories of enablers and eleven categories of obstacles. Results show that institutional strengthening, stakeholder participation, and technological innovation are the most frequent enablers, while fragmentation, coordination challenges, and financial limitations are the most prevalent obstacles. Beyond fr...