Charting Our Water Future : Economic frameworks to inform decision-making

Table of contents

Foreword
Preface

Executive Summary

1. Shining a light on water resource economics
2. Managing our way to scarcity: The challenge ahead
3. Toward solutions: An integrated economic approach to water resource management
4. Putting solutions into practice: New dialogue among stakeholders
5. Unlocking water sector transformation
Introduction

Chapter 1 // Shining a light on water resource economics

Water resource availability: Defining the challenge
The murky economics of water resources
Creating clarity, unlocking solutions
New economic tools for water resources

Chapter 2 // Managing our way to scarcity: The challenge ahead

Projected water requirements vs. existing water supply: Sizing a future gap
“Business as usual” approaches will not mobilize the required investments
The impacts of global trends at the local level

Chapter 3 // Toward solutions: An integrated economic approach to water resource management

Approaches to close the supply-demand gap
The water cost curve: A decision tool for closing the gap between projected demand and existing supply
The cost curve in action: Toward solutions in the case study countries

Chapter 4 // Putting solutions into practice: New dialogue among stakeholders

Building scenarios to model the impact of economic choices on water demand
Tools for policymakers
Pathways for the private sector
The role of civil society

Chapter 5 // Unlocking water sector transformation

An integrated agenda for water sector transformation
Describing the end state: A fact-based approach
Market design and economic intervention
Institutional transformation
Mobilizing the private sector

Glossary and Abbreviations
Appendix 1: Methodological approaches and assumptions
Appendix 2: List of measures assessed in country case studies
Select References
Acknowledgements

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