Institutional frameworks in successful water markets

For the use of water markets to introduce improved water resources management, the existence of adequate institutional arrangements, is one of the key elements of success. The papers compiled in this report, describe, and analyze three cases from different settings, and, point out similarities, and...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Mariño, Manuel, ed, Kemper, Karin E, ed
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1999
• Series: World Bank technical paper no. 427
• Subjects: ADMINISTRACION DE RECURSOS; AGUA; ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA; ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS; BRASIL; ESPAÑA; ESTADOS UNIDOS

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Water allocation and trading in the Cariri region - Ceará, Brazil
• The Siurana-Riudecanyes irrigation subscribers association and water market system
• The water market in the northern Colorado water conservancy district - institutional implications