Conservation of freshwater biodiversity has been seriously neglected throughout the world, and entire ecosystems are threatened with extinction. Unfortunately, freshwater sustainability issues do not appear to be a primary consideration in the planning and implementation of water use projects,...

This technical study contains the strategy of the Inter-American Development Bank for its involvement in integrated water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The strategy was developed through an iterative step by step procedure in consultation with country water resource...

Durante más de cuatro décadas, el Banco ha otorgado financiamiento para proyectos relacionados con el agua. El impacto de un proyecto en el desarrollo socioeconómico presenta muchos aspectos, tanto a nivel macro como a nivel micro, los cuales necesitan ser evaluados. A fin de crear sinergias...

Durante más de cuatro décadas, el Banco ha otorgado financiamiento para proyectos relacionados con el agua. El impacto de un proyecto en el desarrollo socioeconómico presenta muchos aspectos, tanto a nivel macro como a nivel micro, los cuales necesitan ser evaluados. A fin de crear sinergias...

En este informe técnico figura la estrategia del Banco para su participación en el manejo integrado de los recursos hídricos en América Latina y el Caribe. La estrategia fue formulada mediante un procedimiento gradual de iteración y en consulta con funcionarios nacionales responsables de...

Conservation of freshwater biodiversity has been seriously neglected throughout the world, and entire ecosystems are threatened with extinction. Unfortunately, freshwater sustainability issues do not appear to be a primary consideration in the planning and implementation of water use projects,...

This working paper addresses the issues: 1) whether there is a simultaneous equations problem when estimating demand for water with multipart rate schedules and, if there is one, what techniques should be used to correct for it; and 2) whether average or marginal price is the relevant measure in...

Water systems in Latin America are inefficient in part because of very low relative investment and in part because of the lack of availability of necessary management tools. One way to address both of these issues at the same time is the performance financing of micro-metering by private sector...