The need for effective pricing -- A literature survey -- Economic principles of irrigation water demand and supply -- A microeconomics analysis of pricing in Morocco, China, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey -- Interaction between economywide policies and irrigated agriculture in Morocco -- Policy implications -- Pricing irrigation water in Morocco -- Pricing irrigation water in China -- Pricing irrigation water in Mexico -- Pricing irrigation water in South Africa
Summary
"In Pricing Irrigation Water, the authors present a new framework - based on farm-level analyses of derived demand for irrigation water and on economywide analyses of the interaction between pricing and macroeconomic policies - for assessing water pricing policies. The framework offers examples of how to examine and compare different pricing mechanisms, under various conditions, for pricing irrigation water, which in turn will provides policymakers and water managers with the necessary means to assess the way water is utilized."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index