Charting the Water Regulatory Future

Contents:

Foreword:
Ben Boer

1. Introduction
Julien Chaisse

PART I THE WATER CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
2. Promoting Global Water-use Efficiency - Promises and Shortcomings of International Trade Rules
Manzoor Ahmad

3. The Trade in Water Services - How Does GATS Apply to the Water and Sanitation Services Sector?
Rebecca Bates

4. Virtual Water: A Global Economic Solution to a Local Environmental and Political Problem
Paolo Turrini

5. Foreign Investment in Water - Privatization, Globalisation and the Law
Julien Chaisse

6. The Right of the Host State to Regulate Water Services
Catharine Titi

7. Regulation and Protection of Water in International Law: Terrestrial and Marine Perspectives
Virginie J.M. Tassin

PART II ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES
8. Is Investment Arbitration inimical to the Human Right to Water? The Re-examination of Arbitral Decisions on Water Services
Miharu Hirano and Shotaro Hamamoto

9. The Provision and Violation of Water Rights (The Case of Pakistan) - A Human Rights Based Approach
Sikander Ahmed Shah

10. The Human Right to Clean Water and Sanitation - A Perspective from Nigeria
Cosmas Emeziem

11. Troubled Waters: Impact of the Private Sector in Implementing the Right to Water
Preetha Mahadevan

12. Sanitation Rights, Public Law Litigation, and Inequality - A Case Study from Brazil
Ana Paula de Barcellos

PART III ECONOMIC DRIVERS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF WATER
13. Demand for Infrastructure Investment for Water Services - Key Features and Assessment Methods
Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Debashis Charkraborty

14. Residential Water Charges in Ireland - Policy Objectives and Funding Models
Thomas McDonnell

15. The Role of Multinationals in Providing Water Services - Are they More Efficient?
Tihomir Ancev, Samad Azad and Francesc Hernandez-Sancho

16. Microfinance in Water and Sanitation Services - Identifying Best Practices
Jonatan A. Lassa and Allen Yu-Hung Lai

Index

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• Seca e água
• A política ambiental e protocolos
• Legislação sobre energia e recursos naturais
• Direito internacional do ambiente

Water; Trade in services; Human rights; International public law; World trade organisation; Disputes