The political economy of water: reasons for optimism but long term caution
- 1 January 1996
- book chapter
- Published by Bloomsbury Academic
Abstract
ExtractTony Allan The international attention focused on water, and the Middle East in particular, since 1990 has been timely and unprecedented in terms of the emphasis given to economic issues relevant to water allocation and management (OECD, 1989; ODA, 1993; World Bank, 1993a and 1993b; Rogers and Lydon, 1994) . Since 1990 the Jordan catchment has also been analysed more comprehensively by scientists than at any time in the past with respect to international relations (Lowi, 1994) , the economics of water in agriculture (Fishelson, 1992; Brooks, 1994; Lonergan and Brooks, 1995) and in industry (Schiffler, 1994) , the use of technology (Elmusa, 1994) and a wide range of factors by Wolf (1995) and Ayeb (1993) . The subject has been given a high priority by agency sponsored study teams (PRIDE, 1992) as well as by teams of scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Fisher, 1994) . Those involved in the Peace...Keywords
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