Water for sale : how business and the market can resolve the world's water crisis / Fredrik Segerfeldt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segerfeldt, Fredrik.

Standardized Title:

Vatten till salu. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Developing countries.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Developing countries.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book shows why the protesters are wrong and how more reforms could save the millions of lives and improve the lives of hundred of others.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Aqua Vitae; 3. Shortage of Good Policies Not of Water; 4. Water Rights - The Solution to Many Problems; 5. Markets and Conflicts; 6. The Price of Water; 7. The Possibilities of Privatization; 8. Hazards of Privatization; 9. The Poor Need Water, Not Ideology; Notes; References; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Notes:

Rev. translation of: Vatten till salu.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-135) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611905699

9781281905697

1281905690

9781933995700

193399570X

9781598755930

1598755935

OCLC:

615600501