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Water, Health, and the Commodification Debate

Bond, Patrick - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 42 (2010) 4, pp. 445-464

Conflicts in the water sector are now well-known, and also increasingly researched by economists, particularly in relation to major ideological differences over state-run versus privatized municipal systems. A major dividing line is over how to access and sustain the financing required to expand...

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Is the price of water for residential use related to provider ownership? Empirical evidence from Spain

García-Valiñas, María de los Ángeles; … - In: Utilities Policy 24 (2013) C, pp. 59-69

This paper assesses the relationship between provider ownership and the price of water for residential use set by 386 Southern Spanish municipalities. Our main contribution to the previous literature is that we go much further than merely distinguishing between private and public ownership....

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Evaluating the efficiency of public services : differences in efficiency in public services can offer clues about good practice

Johnes, Geraint - 2015

Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a … these factors into account, costs vary across providers because of differences in efficiency. Such differences offer clues … about good practice that can lead to improvements in the system as a whole. The role of efficiency is illustrated by …

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Financing water security for sustainable growth in Asia and the Pacific

Leckie, Hannah - 2021

The Asia Water Development Outlook – a flagship publication by the Asian Development Bank - monitors progress in water security in the Asia Pacific region. For the first time, the 2020 edition documents financing flows that contribute to – or that are needed to enhance – water security in...

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Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries : The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation

de Almeida, Edmar - 2005

This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas, and water and sanitation). Private investment can be encouraged by tackling regulatory uncertainty in many areas. To this end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory...

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Assessing the enabling conditions for investment in water security : Scorecard pilot test in Asian countries

Sanchez Trancon, Delia - 2024

This report outlines results from the initial pilot-testing of a Scorecard to assess the enabling environment for investment in water security, referred to as "the Scorecard”. Developed in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and partners, the Scorecard aims to identify conditions for...

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Sobre la relación entre liberalización y eficiencia productiva en el sector ferroviario en Europa/On the Relation between Deregulation and Productive Efficiency in European Railway...

LÉRIDA NAVARRO, CARLOS; MARTÍN, TRÁNCHEZ; MANUEL, JOSÉ - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 32 (2014) Mayo, pp. 813-840

developed in European railways systems are working from the efficiency perspective. The main contribution of the paper is the … use of a liberalization index that is related with efficiency indexes estimated by Programmatic Efficiency methodology …. Results using aggregated data show empirical evidence of a positive association between deregulation and efficiency. However …

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Estimating alternative technology sets in nonparametric efficiency analysis: restriction tests for panel and clustered data

Neumann, Anne; Nieswand, Maria; Schubert, Torben - In: Journal of productivity analysis 45 (2016) 1, pp. 35-51

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Hydro-economic Modeling in River Basin Management: Implications and Applications for the European Water Framework Directive

Heinz, I.; Pulido-Velazquez, M.; Lund, J.; Andreu, J. - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 7, pp. 1103-1125

Economic ideas and processes are becoming increasingly integrated with more traditional engineering and hydrologic models of water management problems. Combining economic management concepts and performance indicators with an engineering-level of understanding of a hydrologic system can provide...

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Is desalination the most sustainable alternative for water-shortage mitigation in Israel?

Lavee, Doron; Ritov, Michael; Becker, Nir - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 3 (2011) 4, pp. 410-424

Significant progress in seawater desalination technology has lowered its costs considerably, making it an attractive option to policy makers in countries facing water shortages. However, in making the decision to implement desalination, two issues are often ignored: firstly, seawater...

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