Water Policy and Water Markets: Selected Papers and Proceedings from the World Bank

This volume presents selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's Ninth annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar held December 8-10 1992 in Annapolis, Maryland. The volume has three sections. Section I (Water Policy) has the text of a keynote address on water issues in the Middle east and North Africa plus portions of the executive summary of the World Bank's 1993 water resources policy paper and a paper emphasizing the use of a model to influence policy decisions in China's Yellow River Basin. Section II (Irrigation and Drainage) reviews the World Bank's irrigation and drainage experience and the attitudes of water resources professionals toward problems in this area. Section III (Water Markets) contains seven papers on general aspects of water markets, observations on their suitability for several regions of the world, and case studies including Chile, the western United States, Mexico, and Spain.

Contents:
Foreword
Abstract
Glossary
Section I: Water Policy
The Strategic Role of Water in Regional Cooperation and Peace in the Middle East and North Africa
The World Bank's Water Resources Policy

Section II: Irrigation and Drainage
Application of A Basin-Level Model to the Yellow River
A Review of World Bank Irrigation Experience
How Irrigation Could be Improved: Results of a Survey of Professionals

Section III: Water Markets
Observations on Water Markets for Irrigation Systems
Chile's Market-Oriented Water Policy: Institutionsl Aspects and Achievements
The Use of Water Pricing to Enhance Water Use Efficiency in Irrigation: Case Studies from Mexico and the United States
Conditions for Successful Water Marketing
Relevance of Water Market Concept in Central Asia
Water Markets in South Asia
Water market Opportunities and Concerns: Workshop Report