[Background and survey objectives] In Jordan, which is one of the water poorest countries in the world, water supply is generally intermittent. As a consequence, water supplied by private water vendors via tanker trucks is an important source of drinking water for many Jordanians. The impacts of...

Seit 1994 hat der Gesetzgeber die Möglichkeit geschaffen, Fernstraßen privat zu errichten und gegen eine Mautgebühr zu betreiben. Die bisherigen Erfahrungen sind ernüchternd. Warum ist Betreibermodellen bislang der Durchbruch nicht gelungen? Welche Hemmnisse lassen sich für ein...

In der Folge von stark gestiegenen Preisen für die Abfallentsorgung nach dem Inkrafttreten von abfallrechtlichen Vorschriften am 1. Juni 2005 wurde der Ruf nach einer Regulierungsbehörde für Abfallwirtschaft laut. Besteht Regulierungsbedarf in der Abfallwirtschaft?

So-called virtual water, the water embedded in internationally traded goods, has come under discussion. The amount of quantitative studies which attempt to estimate volumes and flows of virtual water in relation to agricultural trade is rising rapidly, while the concept has been recognized by...

In virtually all EU Member States, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is complemented by support schemes for electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E). This policy mix has been subject to strong criticism. It is mainly argued that RES-E schemes contribute nothing to...

The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore...

Affordability of water services is a pressing water policy issue for both the developed and in particular the developing world. Despite its well-known theoretical shortcomings affordability analysis for water supply is up to now widely based on the ratio of a household's water expenditure and...

Unlike in developing countries, there tends to be no problem of access to water, electricity, and heating for private households in transition countries. However, transition countries have a considerable amount of low-income households, and the problem of affordability of these...

In this paper, we employ a public choice perspective to analyze the development of policies for renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU in general and in Germany more specifically. In doing so, we explain the main characteristics of current RES policies in the EU by reference to the...