'Well-fare' Economics of Groundwater in South Asia
Groundwater exploitation has been instrumental in raising agricultural productivity and reducing rural poverty in South Asia, a region that accounts for nearly half of the global groundwater used for irrigation. Over the past three decades there has been an explosion of private investment in borewel...
Main Author: | Jacoby, Hanan G. |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30138 |
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