TY  - BOOK
AU  - Molle,F.
AU  - Berkoff,J.
TI  - Irrigation water pricing: the gap between theory and practice
T2  - Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
SN  - 9781845932930
PY  - 2007///
CY  - WallingfordUK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Developed Countries
KW  - APEC countries
KW  - subsaharan Africa
KW  - European Union Countries
KW  - Tanganyika
KW  - water resource management
KW  - policy
KW  - price policy
KW  - Anglophone Africa
KW  - Africa
KW  - fees
KW  - water use
KW  - agricultural development
KW  - India
KW  - water conservation
KW  - Europe
KW  - Asia
KW  - water pricing
KW  - ACP Countries
KW  - water policy
KW  - water resources
KW  - Least Developed Countries
KW  - SADC Countries
KW  - North Africa
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - People's Republic of China
KW  - decentralization
KW  - models
KW  - Maghreb
KW  - Maharashtra
KW  - Morocco
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Francophone Africa
KW  - Haryana
KW  - sustainability
KW  - OECD Countries
KW  - Viet Nam
KW  - Southern Europe
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - water management
KW  - Indochina
KW  - canals
KW  - Tanzania
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Africa South of Sahara
KW  - China
KW  - groundwater
KW  - irrigation water
KW  - wells
KW  - East Africa
KW  - Commonwealth of Nations
KW  - Spain
KW  - water rights
KW  - prices
KW  - ASEAN Countries
KW  - South East Asia
N2  - Much hope has been vested in pricing as a means of helping to regulate and rationalize water management, notably in the irrigation sector. The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. Almost fifteen years after the emphasis laid at the Dublin and Rio conferences on treating water as an economic good, a comprehensive review of how such policies have helped manage water resources an irrigation use is necessary.The case-studies presented here offer a re-assessment of current policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and often demonstrating their failure by not considering the regional context. They will therefore contribute to avoiding costly and misplaced reforms and help design water policies that are based on a deeper understanding of the factors which eventually dictate their effectiveness
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