A Framework for Financing Water Resources Management [electronic resource].
Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2012.
A lack of finance for water resources management is a primary concern for most OECD countries. This is exacerbated in the current fiscal environment of tight budgets and strong fiscal consolidation, as public funding provides the lion's share of financial resources for water management. The report provides a framework for policy discussions around financing water resources management that are taking place at local, basin, national, or transboundary levels. The report goes beyond the traditional focus on financing water supply and sanitation to examine the full range of water management tasks t
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Why is financing water resources management an issue?; Future challenges regarding water resources management; Financing WRM: Expenditures and sources of finance; Note; References; Chapter 2 Four principles for WRM financing; A case for public funding; Two well-established principles: Polluter Pays and Beneficiary Pays; Two additional principles: Equity and Policy coherence; Notes; References; Chapter 3 The value added of economic instruments; Economic instruments for water management
Abstraction charges in OECD countriesPollution charges in OECD countries; Putting a price on water; Innovative instruments to finance water resources management; A note of caution: Requisites for economic instruments to deliver; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Issues related to the implementation of the four principles; Earmarking revenues from water-related taxes: Balancing efficiency and financial security; How can costs of water management be reduced: Efficiency and cost effectivenessas drivers for financial performance; Roles for the private sector: Harnessing private sources of finance
How to value water services: A precondition for sound financingGovernance arrangements that match financing strategies; References; Annex A Cost-recovery strategies in selected OECD countries and BRICS; Cost-recovery strategies in Australia; Cost-recovery strategies in Brazil; Cost-recovery strategies in the Czech Republic; Cost-recovery strategies in France; Cost-recovery strategies in India; Cost-recovery strategies in Sweden; Annex B An OECD survey on investment needs for water supply and sanitation
A lack of finance for water resources management is a primary concern for most OECD countries. This is exacerbated in the current fiscal environment of tight budgets and strong fiscal consolidation, as public funding provides the lion's share of financial resources for water management. The report provides a framework for policy discussions around financing water resources management that are taking place at local, basin, national, or transboundary levels. The report goes beyond the traditional focus on financing water supply and sanitation to examine the full range of water management tasks t
Water resources development -- OECD countries -- Finance.
Water resources development.
Water-supply -- Management -- Economic aspects -- OECD countries.
OECD Studies on Water