Water as an Economic Good: A Solution, or a Problem?

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1997

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"Discusses the potential opportunities and pitfalls of introducing market forces into the process of water allocation. Proposes several preconditions for beneficial privatization of water allocation and argues for a more sophisticated form of analysis than that generally allowed by proponents of basic needs or of free market approaches."

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water resources, water management, irrigation, agriculture, privatization

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