Quantifying the global non-revenue water problem

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Liemberger ◽  
A. Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Water Problem ◽  
The World ◽  
Service Coverage ◽  
Non Revenue Water ◽  
Financial Concern ◽  
The Cost

Abstract This paper provides a long overdue update on the global non-revenue water (NRW) estimates, initially published in a World Bank publication more than 10 years ago. The authors use a similar approach based on latest data to estimate the volume of water lost by water utilities around the world. The conclusion of this study is that the 2006 estimates were extremely conservative and that realistic NRW estimates are significantly higher. The global volume of NRW has been estimated to be 346 million cubic metres per day or 126 billion cubic metres per year. Conservatively valued at only USD 0.31 per cubic metre, the cost/value of water lost amounts to USD 39 billion per year. Not only is this an enormous financial concern, but elevated NRW also detracts from water utilities, in a time of increasing scarcity and climate change, from reaching their goals of full service coverage, at a reliable level of service at an affordable price.

Global Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Caney
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
World Trade ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Dangerous Climate Change

In recent years, a number of powerful arguments have been given for thinking that there should be suprastate institutions, and that the current ones, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and United Nations Security Council, need to be radically reformed and new ones created. Two distinct kinds of argument have been advanced. One is instrumental and emphasizes the need for effective suprastate political institutions to realize some important substantive ideals (such as preventing dangerous climate change, eradicating poverty, promoting fair trade, and securing peace). The second is procedural and emphasizes the importance of political institutions that include all those subject to their power in as democratic a process as possible, and builds on this to call for democratically accountable international institutions. In this chapter, the author argues that the two approaches need not conflict, and that they can in fact lend support to each other.

Problematizing the Privatization of Water

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Gamero
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
World Bank ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The World ◽  
Precious Resource ◽  
The Cost

This presentation will focus on the issue of the privatization of water. The privatization of water is currently being facilitated by the growth of trade liberalization and the free trade policies of international organizations like the IMF and World Bank. It is also growing due to the neoliberal policies of states and because of the increasing power of the private sector (including well- funded lobby and special interest groups) over the policies of governments. The principal arguments and viewpoints of those who both support and oppose the privatization of water will be examined and evaluated. In particular, arguments concerning the cost and accessibility of water for people will be studied. The effects and implications of privatization in highly diverse communities in both developed and developing countries will be discussed. An example from the community of Cochabamba in Bolivia will be analyzed, showing many of the drawbacks that can come with the privatization of water. This presentation will argue that water is a precious resource which ought not to be treated as a commodity. Instead, it should be treated as a human right that no individual or corporation should make a monetary profit from. Governments ought to provide safe drinking water for their citizens, rather than leaving this duty to the private sector as is happening in many parts of the world.

Economic Growth and Climate Change: An Exploratory Country-Level Analytics Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wullianallur Raghupathi ◽  
Viju Raghupathi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
Global Economic Growth

In this article, the authors use analytics to explore the association between economic growth and climate change at a country-level. They examine different indicators to better understand the macro issues and guide policy decision-making. The authors analyze global economic growth and climate change using the World Bank data of 131 countries and 16 indicators for the period 2005 to 2010. The analysis shows overall economic growth is positively associated with climate change. This implies country leaders should design and implement structured development plans if they are to promote economic growth to alleviate poverty while simultaneously mitigating climate change.

Waste management is key to sustainable global growth

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Point Of Purchase ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Global Growth

Subject Global waste management. Significance The World Bank estimates that by 2025 cities will be creating 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste annually, nearly double the 1.3 billion tonnes produced in 2012. Systems to manage vast quantities of urban waste already account for more than 20% of many cities' budgets, and this will rise. Yet despite the cost, the profile of waste management lags other utilities, hampering the ability to attract political attention and financing to build, improve and maintain effective systems. Impacts Manufacturers and product designers will increasingly be tasked with preventing the creation of waste, not merely reducing its footprint. Integrating waste and resource management into the education curricula will foster generational behaviour change. Waste-pickers collect, sort and recycle up to 20% of developing countries waste; policies will increasingly support informal workers. Fee structures to manage waste will move to point-of-purchase rather than using municipal taxes to raise fees at the point-of-collection.

scholarly journals Kajian Biaya Penanganan Petikemas Melalui Terminal Petikemas Tanjung Priok

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Apri Yuliani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Performance Index ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Standard Operating ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Logistics Performance Index ◽  
Tariff Structure ◽  
The Cost

The tremendeous intensity of export/import activity using containers in Indonesia should be an opportunity to support economic development and improve public's welfare. In fact, it was hampered by the high logistics costs. This phenomenon's correctly proven by a periodic national logistics performance survey conducted by The World Bank, Logistics Performance Index (LPI). In 2010, World Bank ranked Indonesia in position 75 out of 155 countries, which is one of these performance considerations is the cost of shipping, that has put Indonesia at rank 80. Referring to the ESCAP model port tariff structure, the port tariff structure of Tg. Priok's divided into four sections. They are navigation, berth, cargo operations and other business. Compared to Port of Melbourne's tariff, Pelabuhan Tg. Priok even regulates a lower rate of tariff Based on interviews and observations, the detenninant factors causing high cost of logistics are: (i) illegal fees, mostly caused by inadequacy of infrastructure, red-tape bureaucracy, insufficient and less-regulated standard operating procedures, the absence of rotation mechanism and exclusive authority without supervision; (ii) the surcharge; and (iii) induced cost of unpredictability delivery process.Keywords : Handling costs, Tariff, Container

scholarly journals Green Growth Is Trusted To Fix Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Robert Skopec
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Economic System ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Main Strategy

'Greening' our current economic system can only take us so far. GTS/Shutterstock You may have missed it, but a recent report declared that the main strategy of world leaders for tackling climate change won’t work. It’s called green growth, and it’s favoured by some of the largest and most influential organisations in the world, including the United Nations and the World Bank.

scholarly journals Towards a reflective and multiscale optimism

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. v-vi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Global Economic Growth

In any region of the world, in any country, each beginning of the year offers us a scenario for potential changes, purposes, goals and hopes, and 2019 does not have to be the exception. Despite various forecasts of slower global economic growth in the coming year (World Bank, Forbes, Reuters), and despite the latest reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on stressful atmospheric conditions, among other environmental discomforts around the planet, we cannot limit our human capacity to see the future with courage and optimism.

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