Groundwater irrigation using electric pumps plays a key role in India's agricultural water
supply. Power utilities across different states use two common tariff modes to charge …

Affordable and reliable energy is an important driver for improving access to irrigation in
South Asia. Policies for improving electricity access and augmenting supply are likely to …

Irrigation with electric pumps is cheaper than with diesel pumps in West Bengal where
electricity and diesel are unsubsidised, and where pump owners typically irrigate their winter …

The paper surveys the very heterogeneous economic literature on the scope and limits of
efforts to match institutional constraints and needs, on the one hand, and infrastructure …

As a result of population growth, economic development and climate change, feeding the
world and providing water security will require important changes in the technologies …

This thesis studies three questions in the economics of water resource management.
Chapter 1 estimates the economic gains available from greater use of large-scale water …