Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full? : Issues in Managing Water Challenges and Policy Instruments /

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public utilities are estimated at about USD 456 billion or 0.6 percent of global GDP in 2012. The paper suggests t...

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Hovedforfatter: Kochhar, Kalpana
Andre forfattere: Pattillo, Catherine, Sun, Yan, Suphaphiphat, Nujin
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Serier:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/011
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF