Managing water as an economic resource
by ProQuest (Firm), Winpenny, J. T.
fromDevelopment policy studies
"Water, already a scarce resource, is treated as though it were plentiful and free. The task of supplying enough water of the required quality to growing populations is straining authorities and governments to the limit as the economic and environmental costs of new supply sourc…
Argues that the root of the water crisis is the failure of suppliers and consumers to treat water as a scarce commodity and evaluates policies for improved management through case studies from around the world.
This book is written in the belief that water is becoming one of the largest, and certainly the most universal, of problems facing mankind as the earth moves into the twenty-first century. The tasks of supplying enough water of the required quality to growing populations and the…
"As linchpin of the global financial system, the International Monetary Fund provides balance of payments support, chiefly to developing countries, conditional on strict remedial policy measures. Its approach to policy remains highly controversial, however. While the Fund claims…