Water resources management and willingness to pay: The case of Cotacachi, Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorRodríguez, F.en
dc.contributor.authorSouthgate, Dougen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialCotacachien
dc.coverage.spatialAndean Highlandsen
dc.coverage.spatialImbaburaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:31Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractThis study addresses the economics of water resource development, generally, and of watershed management, specifically. It seeks to determine what local people are willing to pay for improved performance of potable water and irrigation systems - particularly in the case of improved performance that would result from watershed conservation. In developing countries, the quantity and quality of water supplies are often inadequate. Water systems are often plagued by poor planning, which reflects erroneous assumptions about the needs and demands of rural populations. Moreover, in many areas there are no markets for water resources, and therefore no ways for evaluating costs and benefits of improved performance. Even where markets exist, as in Ecuador, prices are distorted by subsidies and other policies.en
dc.description.notesBA-3 (Payments for Watershed Environmental Services (PWES))en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier100en
dc.identifier.citationSANREM CRSP Research Brief 2003 no. 15en
dc.identifier.other100_Fabian06.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65698en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWatkinsville, Ga.: SANREM CRSPen
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectMarket supplyen
dc.subjectMarket demanden
dc.subjectEconomic analysesen
dc.subjectIndigenous communityen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectQuality of lifeen
dc.subjectWater useen
dc.subjectIrrigationen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectWater rightsen
dc.subjectCotacachien
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.subjectWater economicsen
dc.subjectContingent valuation (CV)en
dc.subjectLinear Programming (LP) modelen
dc.subjectShadow priceen
dc.subjectUnión Organizaciones de Campesinos de Cotacachi (UNORCAC)en
dc.subjectWater subsidiesen
dc.subjectGovernance Watersheden
dc.titleWater resources management and willingness to pay: The case of Cotacachi, Ecuadoren
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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