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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter 1 The Need for Effective Pricing; Chapter 2 A Literature Survey; Chapter 3 Economic Principles of Irrigation Water Demand and Supply; Chapter 4 A Microeconomic Analysis of Pricing in Morocco, China, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey; Chapter 5 Interaction Between Economywide Policies and Irrigated Agriculture in Morocco; Chapter 6 Policy Implications; Chapter 7 Pricing Irrigation Water in Morocco; Chapter 8 Pricing Irrigation Water in China; Chapter 9 Pricing Irrigation Water in Mexico |
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Chapter 10 Pricing Irrigation Water in South AfricaChapter 11 Pricing Irrigation Water in Turkey; Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations; References; Index |
| Summary |
As globalization links economies, the value of a country's irrigation water becomes increasingly sensitive to competitive forces in world markets. Water policy at the national and regional levels will need to accommodate these forces or water is likely to become undervalued. The inefficient use of this resource will lessen a country's comparative advantage in world markets and slow its transition to higher incomes, particularly in rural households. While professionals widely agree on what constitutes sound water resource management, they have not yet reached a consensus on the best ways of imp |
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Print version record |
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
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Water-supply -- Government policy -- Developing countries
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Irrigation water -- Prices -- Developing countries
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Water-supply -- Rates -- Developing countries
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Water resources development -- Developing countries
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Irrigation water -- Prices
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Water resources development
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects
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Water-supply -- Government policy
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Water-supply -- Rates
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roe, Terry
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Doukkali, Rachid
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Dinar, Ariel
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| ISBN |
9781936331635 |
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1936331632 |
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