Dudu, HasanChumi, Sinqobile2012-05-292012-05-292008-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6568Water policy is an important topic on the agenda of the international community, and efficiency and equity in the allocation of water have emerged as important factors to be considered. Water pricing can be used to mitigate both the quantity and quality dimensions of water scarcity. This paper reviews partial equilibrium models and general equilibrium models that are relevant to irrigation water management issues. The most widely discussed issues in these models are water markets and water pricing. The interrelationships between economic, cultural, social, and political aspects that are related to water policy make it difficult to provide a comprehensive policy analysis. General equilibrium models of irrigation water management allow incorporation of both the irrigation sector and the other sectors in the economy and analysis of policies affecting each of them and the interaction between them. In addition to being able to address sector and household specifications, production factors, time horizon, pricing policies, and institutions such as water markets, general equilibrium models allow the analysis of the impact of water policies on equity and poverty alleviation. The authors conclude that, although there has been a significant increase in efforts to analyze water related problems, analytical and empirical research in the field is still deficient and more effort is needed to address them.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO WATERAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIESAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALLOCATION OF WATERALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTSALLOCATION PROCESSALLOCATION SYSTEMARABLE LANDASYMMETRIC INFORMATIONAVAILABILITY OF WATERBASINSBOARD MEMBERSCALIBRATIONCAPITAL MARKETSCATCHMENTSCLASSICAL ECONOMISTSCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOLLECTIVE ACTIONSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKCONSERVATIONCONSUMER SURPLUSCONSUMPTION CHARGESCONTINGENT VALUATIONCONTINGENT VALUATION METHODCOST OF WATERCOST RECOVERYCOVERINGDAM CONSTRUCTIONDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR WATERDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERDROUGHTDUBLIN PRINCIPLEECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC CONSEQUENCESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GOODSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MODELSECONOMICSECONOMIES OF SCALEECONOMISTSEFFICIENT USE OF WATEREFFICIENT WATER USEEMPIRICAL RESEARCHENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL TAXEQUILIBRIUMEXCESS WATEREXPENDITURESEXTERNALITIESFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFERTILIZERSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFIXED COSTSFLOODSFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRODUCTIONGOVERNMENT FINANCINGGROUND WATERGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER RESOURCESHEDONIC PRICINGHIGH WATERHOUSEHOLDSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINTERMEDIATE INPUTSINTERNATIONAL WATERIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION MANAGEMENTIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATORSLAND DEGRADATIONLEGISLATIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCALITYLOGGINGMAINTENANCE COSTSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET FOR WATER RIGHTSMARKET MECHANISMMARKET PRICESMATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMINGMIDDLE EASTNATURAL MONOPOLIESNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIESNORTH AFRICAOPPORTUNITY COSTSPESTICIDESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPRICE CHANGESPRICE OF WATERPRIOR APPROPRIATIONPRODUCERSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTION OUTPUTPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPROVISION OF SERVICESPROVISION OF WATERPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC GOODSQUALITY OF WATERRECHARGEREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTRETURNS TO SCALERIPARIANRIPARIAN RIGHTSRIVER BASINSALINITYSAVINGSSCARCITY OF WATERSHADOW PRICESSOUTH AMERICASTREAMSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUPPLY OF WATERTAXATIONTRANSACTION COSTSURBAN WATERVARIABLE COSTSWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER AUTHORITIESWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CHARGESWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER CONSUMPTION CHARGESWATER DEMANDWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER DISTRICTWATER DISTRICTSWATER ECOSYSTEMSWATER FEESWATER LEGISLATIONWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIESWATER MARKETWATER MARKETSWATER METERSWATER NEEDSWATER POLICIESWATER POLICYWATER POLLUTIONWATER PRICESWATER PRICINGWATER PRICING METHODSWATER PRODUCTIONWATER PROJECTSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY PROBLEMSWATER REQUIREMENTSWATER RESOURCESWATER RIGHTSWATER SAVINGSWATER SCARCITYWATER SCARCITY PROBLEMSWATER SERVICESWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLIERSWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SECURITYWATER SYSTEMWATER TRANSFERWATER TRANSFERSWATER USEWATER USERWATER USERSWATER UTILITIESWATER UTILITYWELFARE GAINSWILLINGNESS TO PAYWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4556