The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less developed countries where the management of this valuable...

This working paper examines the role of Private Water Vendors (PWV) in supplying water to urban dwellers in city of Karachi, Pakistan. The increasing gap in the water supply-demand in Karachi has meant that communities especially the urban poor have had to rely on alternate suppliers i.e....

The challenge to manage the allocation of water efficiently and equably will become a dominant theme of the new millennium. At a time when the cost of obtaining fresh water is rising throughout the globe, Terence Lee analyses the means for establishing and operating effective water markets. He...

This report summarizes the results of a study on the role played by Communication for Development (CID) in water and sanitation projects and programs in Latin America based on a review of 39 case studies and on documented experiences in this field. The specific objectives were as follows: 1)...