Water 'Scarcity' in Chennai, India: Institutions, Entitlements and Aspects of Inequality in Access

P B Anand

No DP2001-140, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The main contributions of the paper can be divided into five areas. (a) It tries to explain conceptually, the institutional arrangements for water supply in Chennai and whether the state government's decision about improving the performance of the water utility depends on particular political circumstances. A plausible explanation is also given of the impact of ground water regulation on the supply decision of private sector (tanker truck operators), using a crowding out framework.

Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Equality and inequality; Public goods; Public utilities; Water (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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