The economics of water management in developing countries : problems, principles, and policies / edited by Phoebe Koundouri ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Koundouri, Phoebe, 1974-

Conference Name:

Symposium on Water Resource Management--Efficiency, Equity, and Policy (2000 : Nicosia, Cyprus)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Congresses.

Water resources development.

Water resources development--Economic aspects.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

Part I Principles: Water Management Issues Surveyed

1. The political economy context of water-pricing reforms / Ariel Dinar 15

2. The political economy of institutional reforms in Pakistan's irrigation sector / Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Zubair Tahir 41

Part II Problems: Case Studies of Special Difficulties in Developing Countries

3. Selection through water markets / Rim Lahmandi-Ayed, Mohamed-Salah Matoussi 61

4. Willingness to pay for migratory species preservation: The premium for cooperative agreements and implications for policy / Nathalie Olsen, Timothy M. Swanson, Jurgen Lefevere, Valeria Raffin, Ben Groom 75

5. Economic instruments for water management in the presence of positive externalities: The case of rice-based irrigation in Sri Lanka / Marielle Montginoul, Daniel Renault 116

6. A new methodology for measuring groundwater scarcity: Theory and application / Phoebe Koundouri, Anastasios Xepapadeas 134

7. Contrasting different methodologies to deriving natural resource scarcity rents: Some results from Cyprus / Phoebe Koundouri 157

Part III Policies: A Case Study of Policy Making for Water Management in Cyprus

8. The watershed economics management approach: An application to Cyprus / Ben Groom, Phoebe Koundouri, Timothy M. Swanson 181

9. Water management in Cyprus through a decision-support system / Hariklea Kazeli, Tasos Christofides, Elpida Keravnou 215

10. A critical examination of the new integrated European water protection regime / David Grimeaud 237.

Notes:

Papers presented at the Symposium on Water Resource Management--Efficiency, Equity, and Policy held in Nicosia, September 22-24, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

184376122X

OCLC:

51900564