Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the application of economic concepts to study the
consumption, supply, and allocation of water resources. Water management poses a wide …

Explores the complex political and programmatic reasons why government officials in Third
World countries often wilfully adopt wasteful natural resource policies. Drawing on 16 case …

Alternative combinations of water pricing and regulations are possible in allocating irrigation
water. The best combination will depend on the value of water, ability to control deliveries …

Estimates of financial and economic net benefits to irrigation water supply are shown for a
case study area in the northern Nile delta region of Egypt. Linear programming models of …

This paper argues for the need to design broad economic policy instruments to reverse the
trend in many developing countries toward increasing degradation and destruction of …

On-farm measurements and observations of water flow, water costs and irrigation labour
inputs at the individual parcel level were made in case studies of smallholder irrigation …

This chapter discusses some general economic considerations regarding the allocation of
water, touching on the role of government. The research program from which it derives arose …

Abstract In the Republic of Niger, eight exemplary irrigation systems were studied. ranging
from large, government-administered perimeters to small, privately-owned, manual-lift …

In Egypt, as in many countries where public irrigation is important, the system of pricing or
charging for water is of concern for its impact on resource allocation and income distribution …

Ziel dieser Studie ist es, für den Zeitraum zwischen 1960 und 1975 die wichtigsten Struktur-
und Entwicklungsmerkmale der mexikanischen Landwirtschaft herauszuarbeiten und die …