This paper discusses suggested ways to bring private sector finance into water supply and inland water transport. Typically, such water projects rely only on user charges as sources of revenues. For example, ships using inland waterways have to pay user charges to the government for port...

A new global framework for governing large-scale land-based investments is in the making. By being voluntary and with the Voluntary Guidelines for the Governance of Tenure (VGGT) as the most well-known example of this new generation of rights-based governance instruments, many observers agree...

In this paper, we exploit exogenous variation in navigability of the Rhine river to analyze the impact of weather-related supply shocks on economic activity in Germany. Our analysis shows that low water levels lead to transportation disruptions that cause a significant and economically...

This paper discusses suggested ways to bring private sector finance into water supply and inland water transport. Typically, such water projects rely only on user charges as sources of revenues. For example, ships using inland waterways have to pay user charges to the government for port...

This report presents the final results of the impact evaluation of two of WaterAid Nigeria's main interventions within the programme "Sustainable Total Sanitation Nigeria - implementation, learning, research, and influence on practice and policy" (STS Nigeria project for short). The impact...

Many rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa still lack clean water for basic needs such as drinking and washing. Even where water points have been constructed, many break down prematurely or provide inadequate, seasonal or poor quality water supplies. While techno-managerial factors are...

Hydro electricity generation is of great importance for the current and the future electricity system since it provides electricity without emitting CO2 and moreover hydro reservoirs offer high operational flexibility. With increasing shares of fluctuating renewable energies, their value is even...

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure a matter of human right. This right is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal 6, whose targets 1 and 2 point to universal access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate...

This paper econometrically estimates residential water consumption in Germany between 2007 and 2013 based on a panel of almost 3000 supply areas. In particular, the analysis distinguishes periods of rising and falling water and sewage water prices. The short-run (long-run) price elasticity is...

Die vorliegende Dissertation identifiziert im Rückgriff auf sozialökologische Forschung und mittels der Analyse der spezifischen Problematisierungen von Phänomenen im Zusammenhang mit Wasser durch Institutionen und Akteure der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Sub-Sahara Afrika...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of supply capacity constraint, water delivery loss and fairness concern on the operational decisions/efficiency of the IBWT supply chain under the random precipitation. Design/methodology/approach - Two game-theoretic decision models...

Past and present administrations have implemented water supply and sanitation (WSS) programs to increase the number of households with access to safe drinking water and sanitary toilet facilities. This study examines the President's Priority Program for Water and the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig...

"This book examines water resource management in China's electric power sector and the implications for energy provision in the face of an emerging national water crisis and global climate change. Over seventy five percent of China's current electricity comes from coal. Coal-fired power plants...

"In many European countries, the process of financialisation has been exacerbated by the project of closer EU integration and accelerated as a result of austerity policies introduced after the Euro crisis of 2010-12. However, the impact has been felt differently in core and peripheral countries....

Critical reflections on public private partnerships : an introduction / Jasmine Gideon and Elaine Unterhalter -- Situating PPPs / Ben Fine -- Beyond typologies : what is a public private partnership? / Maria Jose Romero and Elisa Van Waeyenberge -- Slum redevelopment in Mumbai as a PPP / Amita...

"This book explores and interrogates the food-water-energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India's economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in states across India, including the consequences of electricity tariff reforms and related policies...

"Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of industrialisation. The relationships between economic processes and water use are complex and include many interwoven drivers such as: technological development, dietary choices and food...