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Factors Determining Public Demand for Safe Drinking Water (A Case Study of District Peshawar)

Ahmad, Iftikhar; Haq, Miraj ul; Sattar, Abdul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

Overtime per capita water availability in the world as well as in Pakistan has been declining. Water sources have depleted and become polluted therefore, now water has become a scarce good. Resultantly, the inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene are rooting major environmental...

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Sustaining Rural Livelihoods in Fragile Environments : Resource Endowments or Policy Interventions?

Reddy, V. Ratna; Reddy, M. Gopinath; Reddy, Y.V. Malla; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2004

This paper primarily assesses the status of rural livelihoods in fragile environments with diverse resource endowments and policy interventions. The objective was to examine the effectiveness of resource enhancing policy interventions like watershed development in reducing resource endowment...

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Vulnerability to Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change : Conceptual Framework, Measurement and Synergies in Policy

Kumar, K.S. Kavi; Klein, Richard J.T.; Ionescu, Cezar; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty literature with those in the filed of climate change. Such comparison could shed light on the understanding of the perceived and real differences between the two fields and also help to...

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Sydney Water : Pricing for Sustainability

Grafton, R. Quentin; Kompas, Tom - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

We examine how scarcity pricing can be used to assist with urban water demand management in Sydney in low rainfall periods using an estimated aggregate daily water demand function. Modelling shows that current water supplies and water prices are inadequate to prevent Sydney reaching critically...

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The Electric Energy-Water Nexus : Managing the Seasonal Linkages of Fresh Water Use in Energy Sector for Sustainable Future

Sri, Perini Praveena - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The fast growing demand for fresh water-coupled with the need to protect the environment has made many areas of India and the rest of the World vulnerable to water shortages for various uses of the economy. As they interact with Electricity Industry, water availability is critical to power...

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How Participatory is Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)? A Study of Water User Associations (WUAs) in Andhra Pradesh

Reddy, V. Ratna; Reddy, P. Prudhvikar - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

It is argued that the reason for the ills of irrigation management is the alienation of farmers from the process of planning and implementation. Often 'lack of political will' is identified as the main reason for the tardy progress in irrigation reforms at the state level. Andhra Pradesh has...

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Impact of Urban Growth on Water Bodies - The Case of Hyderabad

Ramachandraiah, C.; Prasad, Sheela - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2004

Being located in the Deccan Plateau region, Hyderabad city has been dotted with a number of lakes, which formed very important component of its physical environment. With the increasing control of the State and private agencies over the years, and rapid urban sprawl of the city, many of the...

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Right to Drinking Water in India

Ramachandraiah, C. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2004

Right to water has assumed greater significance in India in recent years. Declarations by the United Nations and other international organisations, and judicial pronouncements by the Supreme Court of India from time to time that right to water is part of right to life as per Article 21 of the...

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Awareness and the Demand of Safe Drinking Water Practices

Ahmed, Eatzaz; Sattar, Abdul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

The demand for environmental goods is often low in developing countries. The major causes are awareness regarding the contamination of water and poverty, but less attention has been paid to the former reason. We use a household survey from Hyderabad city and estimate the contribution of...

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India-Vietnam Trade : Current Relations and Prospects

Mehta, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the level, growth and composition of India-Vietnam Trade in goods …, identify sectors/products in which India has export potential in Vietnam, if a duty free regime is agreed between India and … Vietnam, and examine the implication of India-Vietnam bilateral free trade agreement. Our preliminary results show that India …

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