This book argues that the economic appeal of using water charges to promote efficiency in usage and pollution control can be constrained by institutional and operational problems. Analysing the cases of France, Mexico and Brazil, the authors--respective local experts--illustrate that barriers...

[fre] Le début des années quatre-vingt-dix a constitué un tournant pour la consommation d'eau des ménages. Outre la forte hausse du prix, on a constaté pour la première fois un recul de la consommation domestique. Cet article montre que les usagers n'ont pas été insensibles à...

[eng] The purpose of this article is to measure the effects of delegating French water utilities to the private sector, on residential water price. We apply a treatment effects approach to a sample of 3.782 French local communities. Our results show that a significant share of the price...

This paper proposes an ex ante evaluation of the willingness to adopt agro-ecological innovations aimed at reducing pesticide use for banana production in the French West Indies. Four innovative systems, including intercropping, improved fallow and new pest-tolerant varieties, are proposed to a...