This paper reports on the construction of an International Water Poverty Index, part of the first phase of a research … project into building a locally based version of the index. The purpose of the Water Poverty Index is to express an … interdisciplinary measure which links household welfare with water availability and indicates the degree to which water scarcity impacts …

For the use of water markets to introduce improve water resources management, the existence of adequate institutional … effective water resources management through use of the market mechanism. …

Many developing countries sharing water resources of international river basins are facing serious problems in meeting …

Water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have become a strategic commodity, with supply limited in terms of quantity … document is based on the principle that water is a scarce good with dimensions of economic efficiency, social equity, and … environmental sustainability. The strategy recommends an integrated, cross-sectoral, catchment area approach to water resources …

Water pricing is an important way of improving water allocation and encouraging users to conserve scarce water … resources. This work presents water pricing experiences across 22 countries in various sectors and over time. Country cases …

water are profound and far-reaching. Already more than 1 billion people live without access to clean water, many of whom … inhabit developing countries classified as 'water scarce'2. Yet the number of water-scarce countries is expected to rise to 30 … of ensuring adequate access to water will therefore be one of the most difficult challenges facing development …

a double bounded dichotomous choice suvey instrument to obtain benefit estimates for improvements to water …

In this ppaer we provide econometric estimates for the water-related technology of the Canadian Food and Beverage …

Since franchise bidding in the piped water industry is problematic due to extensive investment requirements, product … neighbouring water suppliers. The model contains water markets specificities such as local and decentralised networks and related …