Water as an economic good: a solution, or a problem?

Christopher J. Perry, Michael Rock and David Seckler

No 61113, IWMI Research Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Discusses the potential opportunities and pitfalls of introducing market forces into the process of water allocation. Proposes several preconditions for beneficial privatization of water allocation and argues for a more sophisticated form of analysis than that generally allowed by proponents of basic needs or of free market approaches.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: v, 16p
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61113

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