Economic Efficiency in the Allocation of Irrigation Water Over Time
Author: Vernon R. Eidman
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 308
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Author: Vernon R. Eidman
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ariel Dinar
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Todd Green
Publisher: MDPI
Published: 2018-10-08
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 3038420123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Water Policy, Productivity and Economic Efficiency" that was published in Water
Author: T. Franks
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-11-01
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 0203476867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book forms the proceedings of the 18th European conference on irrigation and drainage. Water is not a free commodity, and demand is becoming more and more intense for its allocation. This book focuses on the role of irrigation and drainage in the debate on water, and will be used by planners, designers and policy makers internationally.
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Total Pages: 65
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. J. Perry
Publisher: IWMI
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9290903511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKValues and facts; The economic analysis of different values; Facts: public failure and maket failure; Water resource management and market failure; Summing; Conclusion: toward improved water resources management.
Author: Ariel Dinar
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMay 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. To affect income inequality, a water pricing method must include certain forms of water quantity restrictions. Economic efficiency has to do with how much wealth a given resource base can generate. Equity has to do with how that wealth is to be distributed in society. Economic efficiency gets far more attention, in part because equity considerations involve value judgments that vary from person to person. Tsur and Dinar examine both the efficiency and the equity of different methods of pricing irrigation water. After describing water pricing practices in a number of countries, they evaluate their efficiency and equity. In general they find that water use is most efficient when pricing affects the demand for water. The volumetric, output, input, tiered, and two-part tariff schemes all satisfy this condition and can be efficient, although whether efficiency is short-run or long-run, first- or second-best, varies. Pricing schemes that do not directly influence water input -- per-unit area fees, for example -- lead to inefficient allocation. But they are usually easier to implement and administer and require less information. The extent to which water pricing methods can effect income redistribution is limited, the authors conclude. Disparities in farm income are mainly the result of factors such as farm size and location and soil quality, but not water (or other input) prices. Pricing schemes that do not involve quantity quotas cannot be used in policies aimed at affecting income inequality. The results somewhat support the view that water prices should not be used to effect income redistribution because water prices are a poor vehicle for reducing income inequality. But pricing schemes that involve water quota rules can reduce income inequality. The authors demonstrate this with a two-rate tiered pricing scheme combined with equal quotas of the cheaper water. This paper -- a product of the Agricultural Policies Division, Agriculture and Natural Resources Department -- is part of a larger effort in the department to implement the World Bank water resources management policy.
Author: R. K. Sampath
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-05
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 100031197X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, number 15 in the Studies in Water Policy and Management Series and joins two other volumes (8 and 10) that collectively summarize a significant part of the post-World War II experience of Western experts and donors with the development and management of irrigation in Third World countries. The evolution of understanding of Third World irrigation issues has been toward a greater appreciation of the potential for augmenting traditional production and water allocation systems with improved institutional arrangements for achieving allocative efficiency and equity. The need for local inputs for planning, system operation, and system maintenance is now widely recognized, as is the need for providing proper motivation for system administrators. The authors of this volume offer improved conceptual frameworks and analytic techniques applied to specific country and regional problems in hopes of edifying future experts and donors.
Author: Joan Pujol
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe viability of irrigated systems in Southern Europe is closely linked to efficient institutional settings and water-allocation mechanisms. A significant, although not widely used, mechanism for water allocation is an intra-sectorial water market. The objective of this paper is to evaluate to what extent water markets may contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of water allocation and to the profitability of irrigated agriculture. The related issues of water allocation among farm types and farm specialisation are also addressed. The analysis is based on a basin-level linear programming model, comparing the situation with and without a market. It includes both fixed and variable transaction costs and estimates their combined effects on market performances. The model is applied in two areas in Southern Italy and Spain, and simulates the behaviour of different farm types, derived from cluster analysis on a sample of farms in each area. The paper confirms that water markets could potentially improve the economic efficiency of water use, in terms of higher profit per hectare, given limited water availability. The potential improvements are associated with a more intense specialisation of farms and are strongly differentiated among farmers, particularly where significant restrictions to water availability occur. This corroborates the expectations of institutional difficulties in implementing water markets. However, the exchanges, and consequently the potential effects of water markets, are heavily affected by the actual level of water availability, as well as the size and the structure (fixed vs. proportional) of transaction costs. The paper calls for a more in-depth analysis of the connections between market performances and institutional settings, as related to the issue of water-agriculture policy design and coordination.