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Many countries are reforming their economies and setting macroeconomic policies that have direct and indirect impact on the performance of the irrigation sector. One reason for the movement toward reform in the water sector across countries is that water resources are increasingly becoming a limiting factor for many human activities. Another reason for increased pressures to address water policy issues is that many countries are in the process of removing barriers to trade, particularly in agricultural commodities. Therefore, knowledge of the value of water when crafting domestic and macroeconomic policies is important to compare the variable impacts of reform across sectors of the economy and populations within the country. Researchers have used many methods for assessing the value of irrigation water. This survey reviews a broad literature to ascertain how two basic questions have been addressed by research over the past few decades. First, what is the value of water across different sectors and levels? Second, how will this value change under different macroeconomic and domestic policies? This survey details a number of methods for approaching these two questions. The literature has been organized according to a progression from theoretical underpinnings to empirical approaches to how the value of irrigation services are relevant to the link between globalization and poverty.

Canals --- Desalination --- Drainage --- Environment --- Environmental Economics and Policies --- Fresh Water --- Groundwater --- Industry --- Irrigation --- Irrigation and Drainage --- Law and Development --- Sources of Water --- Town Water Supply and Sanitation --- Wastewater --- Water --- Water and Industry --- Water Conservation --- Water Fees --- Water Harvesting --- Water Law --- Water Markets --- Water Resources --- Water Resources Development --- Water Resources Law --- Water Rights --- Water Sector --- Water Shortage --- Water Supply --- Water Supply and Sanitation --- Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions --- Water Supply and Systems --- Water Use

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This Special Issue opens a new field of research in certain emerging innovative instruments, because it provides an in-depth revision of the main aspects of institutions and instruments available for the management and governance of droughts and water scarcity. The key aspects that institutions may tackle not only include the increasing water scarcity in many regions around the world but also the increasing frequency and impact of droughts on economic and natural systems. Some of the included papers analyze critical issues, such as the state and future trends of water markets; the estimation of transaction costs when dealing with drought management; and the use of new instruments, such as insurance and water-rights entitlements, which include water security, water-pricing effects on the whole basin level, and intra- and inter-sectorial re-allocation. The important issues regarding non-conventional water supply and the governance of the new resources also feature as the focus of some of the contributions.

Technology: general issues --- Baiyangdian Lake --- Landsat --- complex water extraction --- SMDPSO --- dynamic changes --- drought risk --- water supply risk --- irrigation insurance --- water use --- Spain --- drought --- water markets --- Western US --- hydro-economic modelling --- water policy --- climate change --- river basin management --- water scarcity --- water supply --- risk reduction --- risk curves --- cost-benefit analysis --- water management --- water rights --- water supply reliability --- irrigation agriculture --- allocation rules --- priority rights --- Po River Basin --- institutional economics --- climate change adaptation --- cost of adaptation --- water pricing --- water-use efficiency --- economic model --- inter-sectoral --- river basin --- good water practices --- tourist accommodation --- tourist --- Mediterranean --- water reuse --- reclaimed water --- SWOT analysis --- cluster analysis --- n/a

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This Special Issue opens a new field of research in certain emerging innovative instruments, because it provides an in-depth revision of the main aspects of institutions and instruments available for the management and governance of droughts and water scarcity. The key aspects that institutions may tackle not only include the increasing water scarcity in many regions around the world but also the increasing frequency and impact of droughts on economic and natural systems. Some of the included papers analyze critical issues, such as the state and future trends of water markets; the estimation of transaction costs when dealing with drought management; and the use of new instruments, such as insurance and water-rights entitlements, which include water security, water-pricing effects on the whole basin level, and intra- and inter-sectorial re-allocation. The important issues regarding non-conventional water supply and the governance of the new resources also feature as the focus of some of the contributions.

Technology: general issues --- Baiyangdian Lake --- Landsat --- complex water extraction --- SMDPSO --- dynamic changes --- drought risk --- water supply risk --- irrigation insurance --- water use --- Spain --- drought --- water markets --- Western US --- hydro-economic modelling --- water policy --- climate change --- river basin management --- water scarcity --- water supply --- risk reduction --- risk curves --- cost-benefit analysis --- water management --- water rights --- water supply reliability --- irrigation agriculture --- allocation rules --- priority rights --- Po River Basin --- institutional economics --- climate change adaptation --- cost of adaptation --- water pricing --- water-use efficiency --- economic model --- inter-sectoral --- river basin --- good water practices --- tourist accommodation --- tourist --- Mediterranean --- water reuse --- reclaimed water --- SWOT analysis --- cluster analysis --- Baiyangdian Lake --- Landsat --- complex water extraction --- SMDPSO --- dynamic changes --- drought risk --- water supply risk --- irrigation insurance --- water use --- Spain --- drought --- water markets --- Western US --- hydro-economic modelling --- water policy --- climate change --- river basin management --- water scarcity --- water supply --- risk reduction --- risk curves --- cost-benefit analysis --- water management --- water rights --- water supply reliability --- irrigation agriculture --- allocation rules --- priority rights --- Po River Basin --- institutional economics --- climate change adaptation --- cost of adaptation --- water pricing --- water-use efficiency --- economic model --- inter-sectoral --- river basin --- good water practices --- tourist accommodation --- tourist --- Mediterranean --- water reuse --- reclaimed water --- SWOT analysis --- cluster analysis