Steadily increasing demand for water poses a threat to sustainabledevelopment, and an increasing number of regions are chronicallyshort of water. Putting caps on water consumption, increasing water useefficiencies, and supporting improved sharing of water resources are nowcritical to reducing...

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public utilities are estimated at about $456 billion or 0.6 percent of global GDP in 2012. The paper suggests...

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public utilities are estimated at about $456 billion or 0.6 percent of global GDP in 2012. The paper suggests...