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Volume 7 - February 2002

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Commentary

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Research Article

  • Environmental improvement with economic development through public information provision: Prepared for the 1999 UCOWR/IWREC Conference, Hawaii

  • Daniel Edward Osgood
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 October 2002, pp. 751-768

  • This paper presents the public provision of information as a policy tool both for managing water use and for encouraging the development of the agricultural sector. It demonstrates that there is a theory-based justification for the use of public weather information systems as an environmental policy tool if the following two conditions hold: 1. Agricultural production systems are information intensive, and 2. information has public good components. It is found that public provision of weather information can reduce wasted water and increase agricultural output and economic viability, providing a tool that simultaneously addresses concerns about development and the environment. Lessons learned from the impact of a weather information system in California are reinterpreted for a similar system in the developing country context of Mexico.

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Research Article

  • Aspects of water markets for developing countries: experiences from Australia, Chile, and the US

  • Henning Bjornlund, Jennifer McKay
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 October 2002, pp. 769-795

  • Water market reforms are being promoted by international organisations, such as the World Bank, and pursued within many developing countries. Actual experiences with water markets are limited and the opinions regarding the beneficial or detrimental impacts diverse. It is therefore crucial to learn from the few functioning markets. Some of the longest operating, and most mature markets in the world, are to be found in Southeastern Australia. This paper examines the outcome of water trade in Southeastern Australia and combined with US and Chilean experiences outlines some lessons for the introduction of markets in developing countries.

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