An Integrated Assessment of Water Markets: Australia, Chile, China, South Africa and the USA / R. Quentin Grafton, Clay Landry, Gary D. Libecap, Sam McGlennon, Robert O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grafton, R. Quentin.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Landry, Clay.

Libecap, Gary D.

McGlennon, Sam.

O'Brien, Robert.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16203.

NBER working paper series no. w16203

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.

Summary:

The paper provides an integrated framework to assess water markets in terms of their institutional underpinnings and the three 'pillars' of integrated water resource management: economic efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability. This framework can be used: (1) to benchmark different water markets; (2) to track performance over time; and (3) to identify ways in which water markets might be adjusted by informed policy makers to achieve desired goals. The framework is used to identify strengths and limitations of water markets in: (1) Australia's Murray-Darling Basin; (2) Chile (in particular the Limarí Valley); (3) China (in particular, the North); (4) South Africa; and (5) the western United States. It identifies what water markets are currently able to contribute to integrated water resource management, what criteria underpin these markets, and which components of their performance may require further development.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2010.