Water Allocation and Water Markets: An Analysis of Gains-from-trade in Chile

Water Allocation and Water Markets: An Analysis of Gains-from-trade in Chile
ISBN-10
0821335286
ISBN-13
9780821335284
Category
Nature
Pages
102
Language
English
Published
1995-01-01
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Authors
K. William Easter, Robert R. Hearne

Description

World Bank Technical Paper No. 315. Focuses on water allocation problems and the performance of water markets in improving allocation. By examining specific case studies in Chile, it demonstrates that water can no longer be treated as a free good and that better ways must be found to improve its allocation and use. The findings suggest that market transfer of water use rights in the study area produce economic gains both in intersectoral trade and trade among farmers and create rents for buyers and sellers.

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