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Economics of Irrigation Water Management : A Literature Survey with Focus on Partial and General Equilibrium Models
Dudu, Hasan; Chumi, Sinqobile - 2012
Water policy is an important topic on the agenda of the international community, and efficiency and equity in the … water policy make it difficult to provide a comprehensive policy analysis. General equilibrium models of irrigation water … models allow the analysis of the impact of water policies on equity and poverty alleviation. The authors conclude that …
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Blue Water and the Consequences of Alternative Food Security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa for Water Security
Larson, Donald F. - 2013
consequences of the policies for water resources. A self-sufficiency policy is analyzed as well. Results suggest that trade …
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(Un)bundling Public-Private Partnership Contracts in the Water Sector : Competition in Auctions and Economies of Scale in Operation
Iimi, Atsushi - 2012
In public-private partnership transactions in the water sector, one of the alleged concerns is that there is little market competition at the auction stage. This paper casts light on a tradeoff between the competition effect at the auction level and potential economies of scale in service...
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How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies
Nauges, C??line; Berg, Caroline H. van den - 2012
Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and...
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Is Cost Recovery a Feasible Objective for Water and Electricity? The Latin American Experience
Foster, Vivien; Yepes, Tito - 2012
Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are...
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Applications of Negotiation Theory to Water Issues
Carraro, Carlo; Marchiori, Carmen; Sgobbi, Alessandra - 2012
The authors review the applications of noncooperative bargaining theory to water related issues-which fall in the category of formal models of negotiation. They aim to identify the conditions under which agreements are likely to emerge and their characteristics, to support policymakers in...
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Has Private Participation in Water and Sewerage Improved Coverage? Empirical Evidence from Latin America
Wallsten, Scott; Kosec, Katrina; Clarke, George R. G. - 2013
Introducing private sector participation (PSP) into the water and sewerage sectors in developing countries is difficult and controversial. Empirical studies on its effects are scant and generally inconclusive. Case studies tend to find improvements in the sector following privatization, but they...
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Water Nationalization and Service Quality
Borraz, Fernando; Gonz??lez Pampillon, Nicol??s; … - 2013
The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of Uruguay's privatization and subsequent nationalization of water services on network access and water quality. The results suggest that although the early privatization of water services had little impact on access to the sanitation network,...
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness
Mohapatra, Sanket; Joseph, George; Ratha, Dilip - 2012
Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase in the aftermath of natural disasters in countries...
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Social Transfers, Labor Supply and Poverty Reduction : The Case of Albania
Dabalen, Andrew; Kilic, Talip; Wane, Waly - 2012
In 1993, in response to persistent unemployment, and rising poverty and social unrest, the government of Albania … introduced an anti-poverty program, namely Ndihma Ekonomike; in 1995 it was extended to all poor households. This paper estimates … subjective measures of household poverty. The analysis uses the nationally representative Albanian Living Standards Measurement …
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