Impact of inter-utility agreements on cooperative regional water infrastructure investment and management pathways

Economic growth is one indicator to measure the success of economic development in a country. Economic development is closely related to infrastructure. Infrastructure development will have an impact on economic growth both directly and indirectly. Therefore, the role of the government in determining infrastructure development policies is very important to increase economic growth in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of infrastructure on economic growth in Indonesia including road infrastructure, electricity infrastructure, investment, water infrastructure, education infrastructure and health infrastructure in Indonesia in 2015-2017.The analytical tool used in this study is panel data regression with the approach of Fixed Effect Model. The spatial coverage of this study is all provinces in Indonesia, namely 34 provinces, with a series of data from 2015 to 2017 with a total of 102 observations. The data used is secondary data obtained from BPS Indonesia.The results of the study show that (1) the road infrastructure variables have a negative and not significant effect on GDRP. (2) electrical infrastructure variables have a negative and not significant effect on GDRP. (3) investment variables have a positive and significant effect on GDRP. (4) water infrastructure variables have a positive and not significant effect on GDRP. (5) educational infrastructure variables have a positive and not significant effect on GDRP. (6) health infrastructure variables have a positive and significant effect on GDRP. Keywords: development, infrastructure, investment, GDRP, panel data

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A mixed-methods approach to strategic planning for multi-benefit regional water infrastructure

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.112 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 233 ◽

pp. 218-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Sasha Harris-Lovett ◽

Judit Lienert ◽

David Sedlak

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Water Infrastructure ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Regional Water

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WHAT-IF: an open-source decision support tool for water infrastructure investment planning within the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus

10.5194/hess-2019-167 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Raphaël Payet-Burin ◽

Mikkel Kromann ◽

Silvio Pereira-Cardenal ◽

Kenneth Strzepek ◽

Peter Bauer-Gottwein

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Economic Development ◽

Decision Support ◽

Open Source ◽

Future Climate ◽

Infrastructure Investment ◽

Water Infrastructure ◽

Investment Planning ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Socio Economic Development

Abstract. Water infrastructure investment planning must consider the interdependencies within the water-energy-food nexus. Moreover, uncertain future climate, evolving socio-economic context, and stakeholders with conflicting interests, lead to a highly complex decision problem. Therefore, there is a need for decision support tools to objectively determine the value of investments, considering the impacts on different groups of actors, and the risks linked to uncertainties. We present a new open-source hydroeconomic optimization model, linking in a holistic framework, representations of the water, agriculture, and power systems. The model represents the joint development of nexus-related infrastructure and policies and evaluates their economic impact, as well as the risks linked to uncertainties in future climate and socio-economic development. We apply the methodology in the Zambezi River Basin, a major African basin shared by eight countries, in which multiple investment opportunities exist, including new hydropower plants, new or resized reservoirs, development of irrigation agriculture, and investments into the power grid. We show that the linkage of the different systems is crucial to evaluate impacts of climate change and socio-economic development, which will ultimately influence investment decisions. We find that climate change could induce economic losses up to 2.3 billion dollars per year on the current system. We show that the value of the hydropower development plan is sensitive to future fuel prices, carbon pricing policies, the capital cost of solar technologies, and climate change. Similarly, we show that the value of the irrigation development plan is sensitive to the evolution of crop yields, world market crop prices and climate change. Finally, we evaluate the opportunity costs of restoring the natural floods in the Zambezi delta; we find limited economic trade-offs under the current climate, but potentially major trade-offs with irrigation and hydropower generation under climate change.

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Promoting water infrastructure investment to accelerate access to water in Tanzania: A legal analysis

Africa Nazarene University Law Journal ◽

10.47348/anulj/v8/i1a8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 172-198

Author(s):

JS Ombella

Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Private Sector ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Infrastructure Investment ◽

Contributory Factor ◽

Investment Incentives ◽

Water Infrastructure ◽

Water Sector ◽

Specific Investment ◽

Access To Water

Access to water in Tanzania is reportedly low. However, Tanzania is endowed with plenty of water resources both on the surface and underground. Notably, the uneven occurrence and natural distribution of such water resources limit many communities’ access to water. To guarantee access to water, there is a need to invest in the relevant infrastructures for extraction, treatment and supplying of water from water resources-rich areas to water-scarce areas. Investments in such infrastructures require a sound investment climate, finance, and technological expertise, which seem to be lacking in Tanzania and many other African countries. The absence of a robust legal framework that will cater to the promotion of investment in the water sector seems to be a contributory factor on poor infrastructure in the water sector leading to low access to water. This is because the poor legal framework limits private sector involvement and investment in the water sector due to fear of the risks involved, the lack of awareness of such investment opportunity, and the unclear framework of their participation to name but a few challenges. This article reviews the African regional (African Ministerial Council on Water Declarations) initiative on investment in the water sector and relevant domestic laws on water sector investments. The review reveals that Tanzania’s policy and legal framework is desirous to foster private water infrastructure investment. However, there are legal challenges in respect of the absence of water sector-specific investment incentives, inadequate data on the water sector and investment opportunities, limited human resources, narrow scope of domestic resource mobilisation and overlapping mandate of the established institutions, among others. To guarantee improved access to water Tanzanian water sector laws must address these challenges inhibiting the potential of private sector investment.

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