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Water pricing for sustainability and the poor David Zetland Senior water economist Wageningen University The Netherlands
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Covers some or all O & M costs Do not reflect externalities Do not usually recover capital costs Political pressure to keep prices low Operator desire to minimize spending Traditional water pricing...
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Will reflect scarcity and system costs People decide to use less or more Rebate excess € per person or meter Full cost pricing is sustainable
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Social tariffs are hard to target Failure to provide service (LDCs) Diversion from poor to rich Full cost pricing is fair
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Prices that exceed cash costs Regulation for local conditions Social income transfers to the poor Independent of other policies (nexus) One priority: Allow private/public corporate water companies to serve customers without political interference Suggestions
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Blog: aguanomics.com Book: endofabundance.com Data: WaterDataHub.org Contact: dzetland@gmail.com Thank you! This research project has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / grant agreement #265213 Project EPI-WATER “Evaluating Economic Policy Instrument for Sustainable Water Management in Europe”
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