One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects … of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international … trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …

catastrophic in their consequences. Therefore, the elaboration of effective risk-management plans, aimed at formulating viable … management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular. It discusses the … issue of insurability of such risks, analyses the increasing risk of liability for environmental pollution and the …

This paper sets out essential facts about the economic case for water-related investment and the financing gap. It … charts a series of actions to better value water and ultimately facilitate investment at a scale commensurate with the …

Investments in competitive electricity markets : an overview / François Lévêque -- Investment and generation capacity … transmission investment in a deregulated power / Steven Stoft -- Patterns of transmission investments / Paul Joskow -- Long …-term locational prices and investment incentives in the transmission of electricity / Yves Smeers -- Compatibility of investment …