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Scarcity in the Land of Plenty

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  • Libra, Jesse Madden
  • Collaer, Julien Sylvain Marinus
  • Datshkovsky, Darcia
  • Pérez-Urdiales, Maria

Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the most water-rich region in the world, but millions of its inhabitants live with water risk. This contradiction, driven by mismatches in the location of supply vs demand, quality issues, and failing infrastructure, makes it crucial that policy makers use people-centric water risk metrics when assessing water risk in LAC. 35% of the population lives in water stressed basins, a number which balloons to 60% when accounting for the lack of institutional capacity for preserving water quality and providing water services.

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  • Libra, Jesse Madden & Collaer, Julien Sylvain Marinus & Datshkovsky, Darcia & Pérez-Urdiales, Maria, 2022. "Scarcity in the Land of Plenty," EconStor Research Reports 265060, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:esrepo:265060
    DOI: 10.18235/0003969
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    1. Pérez, María & Libra, Jesse & Machado, Kleber & Serebrisky, Tomás & Solís, Ben, 2022. "Water Bill Perception in Brazil: Do Households Get It Right?," EconStor Preprints 264986, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

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    JEL classification:

    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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