Groundwater Economics and Policy in South Asia

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Introduction

2. South Asia's Groundwater: The Resource Characteristics, Ownership Regimes and Access

3. Application of Complex Concept of Groundwater Over-exploitation

4. Comparing Well Irrigation and Gravity Irrigation

5. Farm Ponds and Solar Irrigation Pumps: Economics and Implications for Groundwater Management Policy

6. Large Reservoirs for Improving Groundwater Sustainability in Over-exploited Regions

7. Addressing Groundwater Management Issues in Semi-Arid Hard Rock Regions

8. Institutions and Policies for Sustainable Groundwater Management in Alluvial Areas of South Asia

9. Regulating Groundwater Use through Economic Incentives

10. Market Instruments and Institutions for Managing Groundwater in South Asia

11. Managing Groundwater in under-developed Regions: Policy Lessons from South Asia

Authors

M. Dinesh Kumar Executive Director, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India. Dr Dinesh Kumar is the Executive Director of the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy in Hyderabad, an Indian think-tank on water management founded by him in 2008. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering (focus on water resources management) and a Ph. D in Water Management. He works on water, agriculture, and energy related issues in India and internationally, heading several research and consultancy projects and training assignments of the organization. He is the author of nearly 300 research publications, including nine academic books, nine edited volumes, and several international, peer-reviewed journal articles. He is on the editorial board of four prestigious international journals, Viz., Water Policy, International Journal of Water Resources Development, PLOS Water journal and Frontiers in Water. In a career spanning 30 years, Kumar has visited 21 countries, for conferences and official work.