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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Huvudupphovsman: Kochhar, Kalpana
Övriga upphovsmän: Pattillo, Catherine, Sun, Yan, Suphaphiphat, Nujin
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Serie:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/011
Länkar:Full text available on IMF