Los precios, la propiedad y los mercados en la asignación del agua
By: Terence R. Lee, Andrei S. Juravlev.
Contributors: Jouravlev, Andrei.; United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Series: Serie Medio ambiente y desarrollo ;; 6; Serie Medio ambiente y desarrollo (United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) ;; 6.
Publisher: Naciones Unidas, Comisión Económica para America Latina y el Caribe
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Santiago de Chile
Language: spa
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Water resources development -- Economic aspects.; Water resources development -- Economic aspects -- Latin America.; Water banking.; Water rights.; Riparian rights.
Description: The paper examines the means to incorporate the use of market signals through prices into water resources management with the objective of improving efficiency in the allocation of water. It reviews a vast body of recent literature on tradable resource use rights as well as actual experiences with implementing tradable water rights programmes both in Latin America and in the rest of the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-99).
"LC/L.1097, Octubre 1998"--T.p. verso.