Improving Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management in a Region
T.B. BARDAKHANOVA, A.S. MIKHEEVA, A.K. TULOKHONOV
Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russia
Keywords: Байкальский регион, Республика Бурятия, водные ресурсы, экономические инструменты, тарифы, плата за воду, платежи за негативное воздействие на водную среду, субсидии, Baikal region, the Republic of Buryatia, water resources, economic instruments, fees, water rate, water pollution charges, subsidies
Subsection: Environmental and Economic Issues of Regional Development
Abstract
The article examines the use of economic instruments for water resources management in the Republic of Buryatia and gives recommendations for their improvement. The research methodology is based on an integrated approach, analysis of instruments to meet the goals ofwater policy, complete its objectives, and satisfy efficiency criteria. We identify the development problems of the water sector and the main economic instruments to regulate its operation. It is concluded that the instruments used are ineffective and poorly comply with the goals and objectives of water policy and socioeconomic development policy of the Republic of Buryatia. We show ways to improve instruments for water resources management.
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