The myth of markets for water: privatization, commodification, and the Washington consensus, applied to water
- Resumen
- Global climate disruption will change precipitation patterns around the world, producing far reaching effects on innumerable aspects the lives of humans and other living things. The resulting challenge to water management institutions is also a challenge to water law regimes that create and regulate these institutions. These challenges are occurring in a world in which water management systems and water law regimes are already stressed by growing populations and growing per capita demand. The stresses will be addressed in a world dominated by the ¿Wash-ington consensus¿¿ the view that markets are the best way to manage resources and the economy, to allocate resources, and to distribute wealth within society. Insistence on markets as the primary tool for managing water is highly controversial. The controversy raises serious questions about the utility of the markets as a tool for addressing the growing global water crisis or for managing wa-ter generally. This paper considers whether markets can even work for water resources, drawing upon legal and economic theory, on the actual effects of the privatization of water utilities, and the consequences of treating water simply as a commodity.
- Autor
- Dellapenna, Joseph W.
- Palabras Clave
- Sector privado, Derecho del agua, Planificación hidrológica
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