Measuring the Welfare Effects of Reform: Urban Water Supply in Guinea

Clarke, George R. G.; Ménard, Claude; Zuluaga, Ana Maria

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(02)00051-7

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“…Boxer (2001) describe some of the value contradictions in China that would support markets versus government institutions for managing water. Clarke et al (2002) describe the economic benefits of turning over public management to private suppliers in Guinea. Arrangements for ensuring performance accountability and for setting up effective regulatory frameworks can also be economically efficient, equitable and sustainable.…”

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Decision support for water policy: a review of economic concepts and tools

Ward

2007

Water Policy

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This article reviews research on the application of economic concepts and tools to the analysis of the preservation, conservation, development, consumption, supply and allocation of water resources. It summarizes research on economic analysis to support policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, including both project appraisal and the design of institutions. Economic analysis can support ex post analysis of existing mechanisms that influence the allocation of water: Such mechanisms include laws, regulations, supply management, demand management, population and climate change. Economic analysis can also be used to conduct ex ante analysis to design future water allocation institutions. These institutions include various forms of marginal cost pricing, valuation of water in alternative uses, water quality management, optimization models, integrated supply and demand management, transboundary management, virtual water, decentralized management, common property institutions and watershed councils. BackgroundWater resources managers and policymakers worldwide are faced with increasing and competing demands on a limited and more uncertain resource as populations grow and climate varies. Water problems cover a variety of areas, including depletion of aquifers, contamination of ground water, siltation of dams, salinization of irrigation water, prolonged drought and flooding.

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Section: Decentralizationmentioning

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Decision support for water policy: a review of economic concepts and tools

Ward

2007

Water Policy

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“…; Route 2), the distance (on a great circle) is 3,745.49 km. Public freshwater supplies in Conakry, Guinea were reformed by the early-twenty-first century, yet remain rather inadequate and can be enlarged and improved markedly (Clarke et al 2002). The difference in length between Route 1 and Route 2 is 621 km, which is about 14% of the length of Route 1.…”

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Transatlantic Freshwater Aqueduct

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Isvoranu

Cathcart³

2009

Water Resour Manage

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This paper offers a technical and geopolitical reappraisal of a macroengineering proposal to plumb Earth's freshwater, siphoning some of it from a region of surplus (Amazon River Basin) to a region of shortage (arid northern Africa) via his positively buoyant (subsurface floating) seabed-anchored Transatlantic Freshwater Aqueduct. Two different routes for the pipeline, of length 4,317 and 3,745 km, respectively, have been considered. Pipe diameters larger than 60 m are necessary for "reasonable" low pumping power (i.e., less than 20 GW). Using a bundle of smaller size pipes instead of a larger single pipe might overcome technical difficulties but the advantage of simplifying the construction technology might be exceeded by the disadvantage of consuming more power in operation. To keep the number of pumping stations reasonably small (i.e. fewer than 20) a single pipe of diameter higher than 30 m (or bundles of smaller diameter pipes) is required. The Atlantic Ocean currents may be used to provide the necessary power for pumps. The available power possibly provided by the North Brazil Current ranges between 2 and 9 GW. The North Equatorial Current may provide less than 0.3 GW power while the North Equatorial Counter Current provides the largest power availability, ranging between

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“…Applications of counterfactual thinking can be seen in many aspects of economic, political and social analysis, including: project assessment and consideration [15,39,65]; evaluations of economic reform and restructuring [11,17]; macro-economic modelling [16,44]. The technique has been used in several academic disciplines, in particular history [55,8].…”

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A future for small business? Prospective scenarios for the development of the economy based on current policy thinking and counterfactual reasoning

Atherton

2005

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Measuring the Welfare Effects of Reform: Urban Water Supply in Guinea

Cited by 24 publications

References 3 publications

Decision support for water policy: a review of economic concepts and tools

Decision support for water policy: a review of economic concepts and tools

Transatlantic Freshwater Aqueduct

A future for small business? Prospective scenarios for the development of the economy based on current policy thinking and counterfactual reasoning

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