The competition for limited water resources between agriculture and more highly valued
domestic and industrial water uses is rapidly increasing and will likely require the transfer of …

Updated edition of a comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management,
with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts. Economics brings …

This paper analyzes how water resources development and water policy reform can be
deployed to address the twin problems of food insecurity and water scarcity in Africa and, in …

In this paper, Mark W. Rosegrant assesses global water supply and demand, describes in
detail the forces contributing to water scarcity, and lays out a number of strategies for …

Markets are much in vogue as ideal institutions for managing water both nationally and
internationally. Markets are presented as functioning automatically and nearly painlessly …

Increasing water scarcity, rising costs of irrigation subsidies, and general economic
liberalization are creating strong incentives for comprehensive water reform with …

The rapid liberalization of developing economies encourages agricultural diversification and
commercialization. Prevailing water allocation methods have tended to limit the flexibility of …

Although significant water trading has occurred in California since the drought of the early
1990s, many localities have restricted water transfers because of the perceived harm to …

With the urbanisation drive comes steady growth in urban water demand. Although in the
past this new demand could often be met by tapping unclaimed water sources, this option is …

It is relatively well accepted that costs associated with transfers weigh upon water markets
and deter some exchanges. But few studies explicitly address such costs and their impacts …