Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries
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2007Author
Anand, Prathivadi B.Peer-Reviewed
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`In this creative study Anand applies environmental economic tools and concepts to analyze water issues in developing countries... The author carefully integrates the poverty, inequality, and development issues of water; and he meticulously discusses the intertwined rivalrous and excludable public good characteristics of water supply... Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Investigating Water 'Scarcity' 3. Access to Water Supply: Achieving the Millennium Development Goal 4. Sharing Water Peacefully: Understanding Transboundary Water-Resource Conflicts 5. An Analysis of a River Dispute: Interaction of Politics and Economics 6. Improving Access to Water: Institutions, Entitlements and Inequality 7. Consumer Preferences and Public Policy 8. Justice, Rights and Sustainability: Access to Water and the Capability Approach 9. Conclusions and a Research Agenda Bibliography Index.Version
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Anand PB (Ed) (2007) Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.Link to Version of Record
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781847208545