RAMESH BHATIA

Select  Publications

 

BOOKS

 

Water as a Social and Economic Good: How to Operationalize the Principle? TAC Paper # 2,  published by the Technical Advisory Committee of  Global Water Partnership, August 1998 (with Peter Rogers and A.Huber);

 

Water Conservation and Reallocation: Best Practice Cases in Improving Economic Efficiency and Environmental Quality. World Bank: Washington,

D.C. 1995 (with Rita Cestti and J. Winpenny).

 

Planning for the Petroleum and Fertilizer Industries, A Programming Model, Oxford University Press, 1983

 

Socioeconomic Aspects of Renewable Energy Technologies. Praeger: New York. 1988. (edited with A. Pereira);

 

Economic Appraisal of Irrigation Projects in India:  A Case Study in Social Benefit Cost Analysis. Agricole Publishing  Academy: New Delhi. 1982. (with Basawan Sinha)

 

Financing Irrigation Services: A Literature- Review and Selected Case Studies from Asia.  International Irrigation Management Institute, Sri Lanka, 1989 (with Leslie Small and others)

 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

 

Water is an Economic Good: How to use Prices to Promote Equity, Efficiency, and Sustainability

Forthcoming in Water Policy , 2000 (with Peter Rogers and Radhika de Silva)

 

 

Productivity and Profitability of Paddy Production in the Muda Scheme, Malaysia,  Water Resources Development, vol. 11, No. 1 , 1995  pp 39-59 (with U.Amarsinghe and K.Imbulana)

 

 

Contingent Valuation and Actual Behavior: Predicting Connections to New Water Systems in the State of Kerala, India The World Bank Economic Review, Vol.9, No.3, 1995 (with Charles Griffin, John Briscoe, B. Singh, Radhika Ramasubban).

 

Rural Water Supply in Kerala, India: How to Emerge from a Low-Level Equilibrium Trap,  Water Resources Research. July 1993 (with B. Singh, R. Ramasubban, J. Briscoe, C. Griffin, C. Kim).

 

Planning for the Subernarekha river system in Eastern India, Sadhana, Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India, vol. 8, Part 3, May 1985, pp 291-309 (with Basawan Sinha and S.Lahiri)

 

"Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Biogas Engines in India", World Development, Vol. 18, No. 4.  1990.

 

Energy and Agriculture in Developing Countries.  Energy Policy, Vol.13, No. 4.  1985.

 

"Least‑Cost Strategies for Reducing CO2 Emissions in India", Energy Policy, 1991.

 

"Energy Demand Analysis in Developing Countries: A Review". The Energy Journal, 1987.

 

“Household Demand for Energy :Analysis of Pricing”; The Energy Journal, Special Issue, 1988

 

"Economics of Wind Electricity Generation: Analytical Framework and Illustrative Results", Pacific and Asia Journal of Energy (PAJE), 1990.

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Water Demand Management and Pollution Control in the Jabotabek Region, Indonesia. World  Bank 1994(draft).(with Cestti, Rita and C. van der Berg ).

 

Policy Implications of Intersectoral Linkages in Water Resources Management: Case Study from India, (with G.Anandalingam and R.Cestti) Water & Saniatation Division, World Bank, Washington D.C., Draft,  October 30, 1992

 

Conflicts in Water Use: Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture in Developing Countries, (with Jacob Kijne), Proceedings of the Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm, August 9-12, 1994;

 

Water Conservation and Pollution Control in Indian Industries: The

Role of Regulation, Water Tariffs and Fiscal Policies in India, Water

and Sanitation CURRENTS, World Bank, 1994 (with Peter Rogers, John

Briscoe, and Basawan Sinha).

 

Water Resource Policies and the Urban Poor: Innovative Approaches and Policy Imperatives in Water and Sanitation, CURRENTS, World Bank, 1993.  (Paper with Malin Falkenmark

presented at the Dublin Conference on Water and Environment, 1992)

 

Poverty and Irrigation in India: Some Empirical Findings, Research Report , Resources and Environment Group, New Delhi, Forthcoming

 

 Energy Demand and Supply for Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries: Methodological Issues and Estimates for  2020; Paper published in  Energy and Economic Growth: Is Sustainable Growth Possible?; Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economists, New Delhi  1997 (with RPSMalik);  and

 

"Rural Energy Demand Analysis and Forecasting in Rural Energy Planning", APDC, Kuala Lumpur, (edited by K.V. Ramani, A.K.N. Reddy and M.N. Islam.), 1995.

 

Rural Energy Policy Analysis in Rural Energy Planning (with Nikhil Desai). Edited by K.V. Ramani, A.K.N. Reddy and M.N. Islam, 1995, APDC, Kuala Lumpur. 

 

"Socioeconomic Aspects of Bioenergy and Environment", Bioenergy and the Environment, Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management, Boulder, Colorado, 1990 (with A.F Pereira), edited by Janos Pasztor and Lars Kristoferson.

 

"Photovoltaic Street Lighting in India", New Technologies and Development: Experiences in Technology Blending,  Boulder/London Lynne Rienner Publishers. 1990, edited by A.S. Bhalla and Dilmus James.

 

"Energy Pricing in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Investment Allocation and Consumer Choice" in Criteria for Energy Pricing Policy. Graham & Totman: London, edited by C.M. Siddayao, 1985

 

Meeting the Basic Energy Needs of the Poor in India for the

International Labor Office (ILO), Geneva (1986-87)

 

Energy and Rural Development in India:  Some Issues in Agriculture and Energy.  Academic Press, New York. 1977.  Edited by William Lockertz.

 

World Water  Data Book, Draft, IIMI, Colombo,  June 1996 .

 

Policy Implications of Intersectoral Linkages in Water Resources Management: Case Study from India, (with G.Anandalingam and R.Cestti) Water & Saniatation Division, World Bank, Washington D.C., Draft,  October 30, 1992

 

 

Policy and Institutional Aspects of Integrated Water Resource Management, Paper  presented at the Stockholm Water Symposium, August  1996 (with Meera Bhatia)

 

Productivity and Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture: A Comprehensive Framework and Empirical Results for Chishtian sub-Division of Fordwah Canal System in Pakistan, IIMI, Draft, October 1995

 

Water and Food Security:  An Analytical Framework and Preliminary Results; Paper prepared for the meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee, Global Water Partnership, Manila, June  1997

 

Economics of  Food Self-Sufficiency in Sri Lanka:  Economic Costs of Rice Production vis-a-vis Imports,  Draft,  IIMI,  October 1996, (with M.Samad).

 

 

Role of Irrigation in India’s Economic Development, Paper prepared for the World Bank Report on India: Irrigation Sector Review  1991;