Economic efficiency has to do with how much wealth a given resource base can generate. Equity has to do with how that wealth is to be distributed in society. Economic efficiency gets far more attention, in part because equity considerations involve value judgements that vary from person to person. The authors examine both the efficiency and the equity of different methods of pricing irrigation water. After describing water pricing practices in a number...
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1995/05/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1460
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1
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2010/07/01
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Efficiency and equity considerations in pricing and allocating irrigation water
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farmer