This report reviews China's water scarcity situation, assesses the policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. It is a synthesis of the...
The overriding issue in Chinese water management is the increasing cost and scarcity of water. Special mention must be made of the fact that pricing policy has a potentially critical role to play in addressing...
The overriding issue in Chinese water management is the increasing cost and scarcity of water. Special mention must be made of the fact that pricing policy has a potentially critical role to play in addressing...
Israel is a semi-arid country, and a significant increase in population combined with sustained economic growth now place enormous pressure on the country's scarce water resources. To date however, the...
Israel is a semi-arid country, and a significant increase in population combined with sustained economic growth now place enormous pressure on the country's scarce water resources. To date however, the...
This report highlights some of the key policy, legal and institutional issues encountered in the management of water resources, drawing primarily upon experience in Europe and the USA. The objective is...
This report highlights some of the key policy, legal and institutional issues encountered in the management of water resources, drawing primarily upon experience in Europe and the USA. The objective is...
This Annual Review of Environment Matters, dedicated to Economic Growth and the Environment, brings together a wide variety of external and internal viewpoints on the challenges ahead, and the progress...
This Annual Review of Environment Matters, dedicated to Economic Growth and the Environment, brings together a wide variety of external and internal viewpoints on the challenges ahead, and the progress...
This report, in two volumes, addresses environmental impacts stemming from economy-wide policy reforms, and seeks to clarify the nature of the economic, physical, institutional, and cultural aspects of...
This report, in two volumes, addresses environmental impacts stemming from economy-wide policy reforms, and seeks to clarify the nature of the economic, physical, institutional, and cultural aspects of...
This booklet attempts to pick out some of the highlights of the book, "World without End: Economics, Environment, and Sustainable Development." It is hoped that this summary provides a flavor of the many...
This revised edition: (a) reviews the available evidence on the role of telecommunications in economic development; (b) outlines the principles and techniques of economic analysis that can be used in allocating...
This booklet attempts to pick out some of the highlights of the book, "World without End: Economics, Environment, and Sustainable Development." It is hoped that this summary provides a flavor of the many...
The World Bank's third annual report on the environment, issued shortly after the UNCED meetings in Brazil, identified the need to integrate environmental concerns in economic reforms as a key priority...
This revised edition: (a) reviews the available evidence on the role of telecommunications in economic development; (b) outlines the principles and techniques of economic analysis that can be used in allocating...
The great majority of persons in rural areas of the developing world do not have access to a safe and convenient source of water, and where this is available, acceptable sewage disposal facilities are...
This paper discusses the role of economic appraisal in the formulation of health sector policy in less developed countries (LDCs). Specifically, it focuses on the application of economic analysis to public...
The principal problems of the telecommunications sector in less developed countries center on the high capital cost of expanding telecommunications infrastructure, on the variety and diversity of the benefits...
This paper discusses the role of economic appraisal in the formulation of health sector policy in less developed countries (LDCs). Specifically, it focuses on the application of economic analysis to public...