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Satisfying urban thirst: water supply augmenttion and pricing policy in Hydreabad city, India
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Saleth, R. Maria
This paper investigates the kind of policy changes and institutional conditions necessary to ensure the economic viability of market-based solution to inter-sectoral allocation problems in an urban context. This is done by (a) evaluating the economics of various supply augmentation options - both internal and external as well as structured and unst [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 39p., Ref.
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Thirst for reform ? Private sector participation in providing Mexico city's water supply
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Haggarty, Luke
The case in Mexico City offered an opportunity to observe the advantages, and disadvantages of gradualist reform. Unfortunately, the authors find that the long-term nature of an incremental approach does not match well with the generally shorter-term horizons of elected politicians. Difficult decisions in implementation are left to later years, whi [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 69p.
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Evaluating water institution and water sector performances
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Saleth, R. Maria
This study develops an analytical framework to identify various layers of institutional inter-linkages and institution-performance linkages evident in the process of institutional-performance interaction within the water sector. The study then evaluates the layers of linkages using perception-based cross-country data. Both the analytical and empiri [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 93p., Ref.
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Water challenge and institutional response (a cross-country perspective)
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Saleth, R. Maria
This cross-country evaluation of institutional responses to problems in the water sector shows that changes in the nature of water problems have changed the development paradigm underlying water institutions. There is increasing recognition of how decentralized allocation mechanisms can influence economic forces and stakeholders in water sector dec [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 51p., Ref.
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Are you satisfied? Citizen feed-back and delivery of urban services
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Deichmann, Uwe
Citizen feedback is considered an effective means for improving the performance of public utilities. But how well does such information reflect the actual quality of service delivery? Do so-called scorecards or report cards measure public service delivery accurately, or do personal and community characteristics have a significant impact on resident [...]
The World Bank; 2003 - 31p; Ref.
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Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management
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Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga
The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of Ceara, Northeast Brazil, the poorest part of the country. The Jaguaribe river basin is located entirely within the state of Ceara. With a drainage area of 72,560 square kilometers, it covers almost half of the state's territory [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 42p; Ref.;
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Information-based Instruments for Improved Urban Management
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Deichmann,Uwe
The task of urban managers is to ensure the provision of basic urban services, such as water, waste removal, security, transport, and an environment conducive to economic activity, while maintaining fiscal sustainability of city operations. City managers in developing countries face increasing pressure in achieving these goals because of rapid urba [...]
The World Bank; 2003 - 32p; Ref.
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Political economy and political risks of institutional reform in the water sector
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Dinar, Ariel
It is difficult and time-consuming to get adequate information about influence groups in a society. Dinar, Balakrishnan, and Wambia develop an approach to estimating the political risk associated with implementing a set of institutional reforms in the water sector. Their approach endogenizes the actions taken by politicians, users, service provider [...]
World Bank; 1998 - 40p., Ref.
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The challenge of urbanization: the world's large cities
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United Nations; 1995 - 290p.
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Comprehensive water resources management: a concept paper
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Rogers, Peter
The world is entering a period of intense competition for limited supplies of water for alternative uses - in agriculture, in urban and industrial supplies, for recreation, by wildlife, for human consumption, and to maintain environmental quality. Manifestations of this competition and our current ability to deal with it can be observed in many par [...]
World Bank; 1991 - 18p.
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Investment in Indian education: uneconomic?
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Heyneman, Stephen P.
In a country where the literacy rate is three in ten, it is often assumed that, economically, there is a surplus of education. This paper reviews the arguments. In sum, the case of India reflects a circumstance in which the existence of unemployment has led to the unjustified assumption that external productivity due to education is low [...]
World Bank; 1979 - 56p.
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Agglomeration economies and productivity in Indian industry
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Lall, Somik
New" economic geography theory, and the development of innovative methods of analysis have renewed interest in the location, and spatial concentration of economic activities. The authors examine the extent to which agglomeration economies contribute to economic productivity. They distinguish three sources of agglomeration economies: 1) At the firm [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 27p., Ref.
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Dilemma of absorbing the poor in the urban economy: looking beyond the cities in India
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WANMALI, Sudhir
IFPRI; 1988 - 7p.
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The Indian trade regime
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Aksoy, M. Ataman
Despite attempts to liberalize India's import trade regime, the structure of import licensing is still restrictive and complex and for most products, trade restrictions are probably redundant as protection. Reforming export policies alone - without reforming India's import and tax systems - will produce only marginal improvements. Problems in the e [...]
World Bank; 1991 - 82p.
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Economic motivation versus city lights: testing hypotheses about inter-Changwat migration in Thailand
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Arnold, Fred
The models tested here are of the gravity flow variety. They are tested in two basic forms, one constrained and one unconstrained. It is very clear from this analysis that: (1) economic factors predominate over the non-economic attraction of urban areas; (2) the economic conditions in destinations relative to origins have significant relationships [...]
World Bank; 1980 - 41p.
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User organizations for sustainable water services
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Subramanian, Ashok
This paper addresses the basic question: under what conditions are user organizations most effective in managing water systems? The first part examines the conditions under which sustainable water user associations (WUAs) can be fostered in the irrigation sector. The second part deals with water and sanitation users' associations (WASAs) in the dom [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 162p.
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Valuing water for Chinese industries: a marginal productivity assessment
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Wang, Hua
Using plant-level data on more than 1000 Chinese industrial plants, the authors estimate a production function treating capital, labor, water, and raw material as inputs to industrial production. They then estimate the marginal productivity of water based on the estimated production function. Using the marginal productivity approach to valuing wate [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 22p., Bibliogr.
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Improving Indonesia's cities : a case study of economic development
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WORLD BANK/IBRD; 1986 - 39p., Annexe
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Efficiency and Equity Consideration in Pricing and Allocating Irrigation Water
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Tsur, Yacov
May 1995 Pricing of water may affect allocation considerations by users. Efficiency is attainable whenever the pricing method affects the demand for irrigation water. The extent to which water pricing methods can affect income redistribution is limited [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 40p., tableaux, bibliogr.
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World Resources : The Urban Environment
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World Resources Institute
This volume focuses on the critical environmental challenges facing the world's rapidly expanding urban areas. With their concentration of humans and economic activities, urban areas can be the sites of intense environmental degradation. Yet with their vitality and efficiencies of scale, cities and towns also have the potential to minimize stresses [...]
World Bank; 1996 - 365p.
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