Author: Herath M. GunatilakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanitation
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Willingness-to-pay and Design of Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
Author: Herath M. GunatilakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanitation
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Designing Water Supply and Sanitation Projects to Meet Demand in Rural and Peri-Urban Communities: Book 1. Concept, Principles and Practice
Author: Paul DeverillPublisher: WEDC, Loughborough University
ISBN: 1843800063
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
These guidelines are the result of two years collaborative research undertaken by WEDC with partners in Africa and South Asia. They demonstrate how water supply and sanitation projects in rural and peri-urban areas can be designed to meet user demand. The aim is to improve the use and sustainability of the services provided. The guidelines consist of three books: Book 1: Concept, Principles and Practice Book 2: Additional Notes for Policy Makers and Planners Book 3: Ensuring the Participation of the Poor.
Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior
Author: Wolfram SchlenkerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022661980X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Agricultural yields have increased steadily in the last half century, particularly since the Green Revolution. At the same time, inflation-adjusted agricultural commodity prices have been trending downward as increases in supply outpace the growth of demand. Recent severe weather events, biofuel mandates, and a switch toward a more meat-heavy diet in emerging economies have nevertheless boosted commodity prices. Whether this is a temporary jump or the beginning of a longer-term trend is an open question. Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior examines the factors contributing to the remarkably steady increase in global yields and assesses whether yield growth can continue. This research also considers whether agricultural productivity growth has been, and will be, associated with significant environmental externalities. Among the topics studied are genetically modified crops; changing climatic factors; farm production responses to government regulations including crop insurance, transport subsidies, and electricity subsidies for groundwater extraction; and the role of specific farm practices such as crop diversification, disease management, and water-saving methods. This research provides new evidence that technological as well as policy choices influence agricultural productivity.
Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292577646
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Project economic analysis is a tool used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure that ADB operations comply with its Charter. The guidelines in this publication are a revised version of the 1997 edition. The revision responds to the changing development context and ADB operational priorities, and aims to address the recommendations of the ADB Quality-at-Entry Assessments for more methodological work on project economic analysis. The revised guidelines provide general principles for the conduct of project economic analysis, and should be read together with handbooks, technical reports, and other reference materials published by ADB dealing with sector-specific project economic analysis in detail.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Participation of Women in Water Supply and Sanitation
Author: Christine van Wijk-SijbesmaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Literature survey of the participation of rural women in water supply and sanitation (community development) in developing countries - covers women's traditional involvement in maintenance and management of water supplies, their current role in planning and implementation of development projects for improving water supply and sanitation, socio- economic and health benefits from the projects, etc.; includes an annotated bibliography. Photographs, references, statistical tables.
Contingent Valuation of Nonmarket Benefits in Project Economic Analysis
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292692763
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Investment projects are increasingly designed to provide multiple benefits. Some of these benefits are easily quantified through market-valuation methods while others are measured for their nonmarket values. The contingent valuation method (CVM) is one of the most widely used techniques to quantify and value benefits from nonmarket goods and services, such as improvement in air and water quality, and protection of ecosystems. This reference book provides a comprehensive guide to CVM. It aims to help improve future CVM studies and estimation of willingness to pay to inform economic analysis at the Asian Development Bank and beyond.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Effective Demand for Rural Water Supply in South Africa: Technical and Financial Implications of Designing to Meet Demand
Author: Michael WebsterPublisher: WEDC, Loughborough University
ISBN: 0906055687
Category : Water-supply, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
This book investigates the effective demand for rural water supply in South Africa, considering the application of a demand-responsive approach in order to improve project sustainability. The study was conducted as an Individual Research Project at WEDC in 1998, part of the author's MSc programme in Technology and Management for Rural Development.
Rural Water Supply in Africa
Author: Peter HarveyPublisher: WEDC, Loughborough University
ISBN: 1843800675
Category : Hand pumps
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
This book is designed to assist those responsible for planning, implementing and supporting rural water supply prograames to increase sustainability.