Indirect Economic Impacts of Dams Case Studies from India, Egypt and Brazil

by Bhatia, Ramesh; Cestti, Rita; Scatasta, Monica; Malik, R. P. S.

• ISBN13: 9788171886814
• ISBN10: 8171886817
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

From local to regional, national to international, this authoritative study analyzes the complex effect of dams by measuring their total direct and indirect benefits, including poverty reduction.

Author Biography

Ramesh Bhatia was president of the Resources and Environment Group, a former visiting professor at Harvard University, and a former senior advisor to the Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Water Partnership. Rita Cestti is a senior rural-development specialist in the World Bank's sustainable-development department of the Latin America and Caribbean division. Monica Scatasta is a coordinator of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Water Project and a senior economist in the European Investment Bank's water and environmental protection division. She has formerly worked with the Brazilian Environment Ministry and National Water Agency to create the Paraiba do Sul River Basin's water-management system. R. P. S. Malik is an economist and senior faculty member of the University of Delhi's Agricultural Economics Research Centre.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Annexes	p. 7
Editors/Contributors	p. 15
Preface	p. 19
Methodological Issues and Overview of Results
Introduction	p. 25
Methodological Issues	p. 35
Comparative Analysis of Results of the Four Case Studies	p. 87
Quantifying Indirect Economic Impacts: Indicative Guidance Notes for Practitioners	p. 101
Recommendations for Additional Work	p. 125
Case Studies
Bhakra Multipurpose Dam System, India	p. 133
Check Dams in the Bunga Village, India	p. 193
The High Dam at Aswan	p. 227
Sobradinho Dam and the Cascade of Reservoirs on the Sub-medio Sao Francisco River, Brazil	p. 275
Afterword	p. 351
Index	p. 363
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