The Political Economy Of Water Pricing Reforms

Author : Ariel Dinar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019521594X

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The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms by Ariel Dinar Pdf

Lately our world has witnessed massive changes and reforms in various sectors in many countries, developing and developed alike. Institutional and pricing reforms in the water sector are also part of that recent trend. They are led by the recognition of a need to respond to increased scarcity and deteriorated quality. Is the water sector different than other sectors, as some claim? Should reforms in the water sector be designed and implemented differently than reforms of a similar type, in other sectors? The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms answers these questions by providing various analytical frameworks that allow comparison across various conditions, and by actually comparing reform processes under various conditions in different countries. This book demonstrates the common threads that characterize pricing reforms in the water sector by analyzing various aspects of the reforms in the irrigation and urban subsectors of 10 countries. Cases from Morocco, Senegal, Honduras, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, Yemen, and the United States illustrate the difficulties of designing and implementing "optimal" pricing reforms and explain how reform outcomes fall short of the original objective. "This book should be on the must reading list for anyone interested in water pricing and how to reform water rights systems to achieve increased economic efficiency as well as a legitimate and equitable system of property rights." Elinor Ostrom, Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University

Author : Ariel Dinar,Trichur K. Balakrishnan,Joseph Wambia
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Agua - Pakistan
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Political Economy and Political Risks of Institutional Reforms in the Water Sector by Ariel Dinar,Trichur K. Balakrishnan,Joseph Wambia Pdf

Author : R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821356569

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The Institutional Economics of Water by R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar Pdf

This publication examines issues of water sector reform and performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economic studies. The authors develop an alternative quantitative assessment methodology based on the principle of 'institutional ecology', as well as data collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries and regions around the world using a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework.

Author : Mary M. Shirley
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780080440774

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Thirsting for Efficiency by Mary M. Shirley Pdf

By analyzing water supply reforms in six developing country's capitals, this text provides a legal, economic and political examination of countries, tolerant of mismanagement of their water and sewerage systems for decades, that suddenly develop a thirst for efficiency.

Author : Phoebe Koundouri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-29
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 1781950512

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The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries by Phoebe Koundouri Pdf

The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less developed countrie

Author : Ariel Dinar,Víctor Pochat,José Albiac-Murillo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319164656

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Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations by Ariel Dinar,Víctor Pochat,José Albiac-Murillo Pdf

Water pricing to achieve conservation in scarce water resources is a major policy challenge. This book provides credible evidence from water pricing experiences in various countries around the world. The book chapters, written by experts in water pricing from various countries, documents the past 10 to 15 years of water pricing experiences in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain. The book includes also several chapters that review innovations in water pricing in various countries, such as new reform mechanisms, achieving social objectives via water pricing, achieving revenue recovery, water use efficiency and customer equity, and charging the poor.

Author : Tompson William
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264073111

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The Political Economy of Reform Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries by Tompson William Pdf

By looking at 20 reform efforts in ten OECD countries, this report examines why some reforms are implemented and other languish.

Author : Vishwa Ballabh
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131613502

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Governance of Water by Vishwa Ballabh Pdf

"An oft-quoted, modern adage is that the next major global conflict will be over water. In many areas of the world the present is already marked by an uneasy competition among different water users and use sectors, often leading to conflicts. India particularly stands on the brink of an uncertain future, its ever-growing population putting pressure on its increasingly meagre water resources." "Governance of Water: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy is a timely, relevant book that makes a case for reforming water governance in India through not only re-orientating policy priorities and approaches, but also restructuring the institutional framework away from the state and village dichotomy. The book has eminent scholars explore the issue from various angles - neo-classical and institutional economics, deliberative democracy, public administration, collective action and political economy perspectives."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Matthias Krause
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135846107

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The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation by Matthias Krause Pdf

According to recent estimates, around 6,000 people – mostly children under five – die every day from diseases caused by inappropriate water and sanitation (WS) services. Much of the academic and political debate surrounding this issue has focused on private sector participation. By shifting the attention towards the influence of governance, Krause examines the political and sectoral institutions that are essential for the provision of WS services. Utilizing data from sixty-nine developing countries, Matthias Krause demonstrates that the level of democracy has a statistically significant positive impact on access to WS services and that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal efficiency of providers and the widespread access to services. This book makes a critical contribution to the water and sanitation research and will help academics and policy-makers to rethink the way in which they deal with water issues.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264269545

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The Political Economy of Biodiversity Policy Reform by OECD Pdf

This report provides insights on the political economy of biodiversity related policy reforms. It draws on existing literature and four new case studies covering the French tax on pesticides, agricultural subsidy reform in Switzerland, EU payments to Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau to...

Author : Ken Conca,Erika Weinthal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199335084

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The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy by Ken Conca,Erika Weinthal Pdf

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs.

Author : Yacov Tsur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136523755

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Pricing Irrigation Water by Yacov Tsur Pdf

As globalization links economies, the value of a country's irrigation water becomes increasingly sensitive to competitive forces in world markets. Water policy at the national and regional levels will need to accommodate these forces or water is likely to become undervalued. The inefficient use of this resource will lessen a country's comparative advantage in world markets and slow its transition to higher incomes, particularly in rural households. While professionals widely agree on what constitutes sound water resource management, they have not yet reached a consensus on the best ways of implementing policies. Policymakers have considered pricing water - a debated intervention - in many variations. Setting the price 'right,' some say, may guide different types of users in efficient water use by sending a signal about the value of this resource. Aside from efficiency, itself an important policy objective, equity, accessibility, and implementation costs associated with the right pricing must be considered. Focusing on the examples of China, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, and Turkey, Pricing Irrigation Water provides a clear methodology for studying farm-level demand for irrigation water. This book is the first to link the macroeconomics of policies affecting trade to the microeconomics of water demand for irrigation and, in the case of Morocco, to link these forces to the creation of a water user-rights market. This type of market reform, the contributors argue, will result in growing economic benefits to both rural and urban households.

Author : World Bank,World Bank Group,World Bank Publications
Publisher : World Bank
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821370960

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Making the Most of Scarcity by World Bank,World Bank Group,World Bank Publications Pdf

Water in the Middle East and North Africa region is a source of major social and economic problems stemming from scarcity, variability, unreliable services, and environmental damage. The situation is likely to become even worse in the future, unless current practices change: by 2050 per capita availability will fall by half, water quality will deteriorate further, and more aquifers will become depleted. Climate change is predicted to worsen the problems by increasing temperatures and causing more droughts and floods. While water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms for years and many countries have improved their water policies and institutions, some of the most politically sensitive elements of reform remain untouched. This report suggests that a series of factors are now emerging that represent a potential opportunity to break this impasse. Turning the potential into reality will depend upon three things: - Adopting reforms that respond to the dynamics of the political economy; - Recognizing that water policies cannot act alone, but that water outcomes are often determined by other sectors, such as trade, agriculture, finance, and energy; and - Choosing policies and practices that make government institutions and service providers more accountable to the public. 'Making the Most of Scarcity' will be of interest to readers working in the areas of agribusiness and markets, agriculture, urban and rural development, water supply, and water resources, as well as those responsible for setting policies in the areas of environment, economics, and social protection.

Author : François Molle,Jeremy Berkoff
Publisher : CABI
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845932930

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Irrigation Water Pricing by François Molle,Jeremy Berkoff Pdf

This book contains 14 separately authored chapters on the pricing of irrigation water. The chapters are entitled: (1) Water pricing in irrigation: the lifetime of an idea; (2) Water pricing in irrigation: mapping the debate in the light of experience; (3) Why is agricultural water demand unresponsive at low price ranges; (4) Get the prices right: a model of water prices and irrigation efficiency in Maharashtra, India; (5) Thailand's free water: rationale for a water charge and policy shifts; (6) Water rights and water fees in rural Tanzania; (7) Who will pay for water? The Vietnamese State's dilemma of decentralization of water management in the Red River Delta; (8) Water pricing in Haryana, India; (9) The energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: groundwater conservation and power sector viability; (10) Wells and canals in Jordan: can pricing policies regulate irrigation water use; (11) Water pricing in Tadla, Morocco; (12) Water pricing policies and recent reforms in China: the conflict between conservation and other policy goals; (13) Water pricing and irrigation: a review of the European experience; and (14) Policy-driven determinants of irrigation development and environmental sustainability: a case study in Spain.

Author : Asit K. Biswas,Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134196456

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Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership by Asit K. Biswas,Cecilia Tortajada Pdf

There is no question that water pricing and public-private partnership can improve water management practices in the future. However, this concept is neither the cure-all many proponents argue, nor the disaster its opponents forecast. Providing a comprehensive and objective assessment of what does and does not work, where, why and under what circumstances, this informative collection assesses the social, economic, equity and institutional implications. This cohesive set of carefully selected essays, the result of The Third World Centre for Water Management and the Inter-American Development Bank's decision to objectively and critically assess the experiences in these areas, transcends the current dogmatic debate on these complex issues. Providing an in-depth analysis and assessment of the main issues and constraints of water pricing, private sector participation and their affect on water supply, the collection draws on illustrative case studies from Argentina, Brazil, the USA and Western European countries amongst others. This is a special issue of the Journal of Water Resource Development.