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Baillat, Aline. "Global Water Policy - The New Challenges of the Commodification of Water Resources" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69643_index.html>

Baillat, A. , 2005-03-05 "Global Water Policy - The New Challenges of the Commodification of Water Resources" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69643_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper looks at the new challenges raised by the commodification of water resources. Water, as a natural resource, has often been considered as untradable but today, the question of treating water as a tradable good is raised. The characteristics of water are changing. From a gift of nature, it is becoming a good that may be exported like any other natural resources such as timber, oil, or mineral. Because of economic development, population growth, and climatic change, water demands are significantly increasing. Some parts of the world are already facing acute water scarcity. These regions in deficit request water from exceeding regions and push for the development of international water transfers. The topic of this research is not bottled water which is already a tradable good but about bulk water transported by supertankers, or by pipelines across the states' borders. This issue of large-scale water transfers raises new challenges for traditional international water law. Contrary to the principles of international water law, some upstream states like Turkey, Bolivia, Nepal or Kirghizstan declare sovereignty over their water resources and, comparing water with oil, ask downstream states for payments in exchange of water. The paper will address the very question of the definition and characteristics of water as a natural resource : is it a natural resource like any other ? This will lead us to consider how trade in water could be regulated by the current WTO rules and other regional agreements (e.g NAFTA). Background questions of this research are whether water markets can be a solution to conflict over water resources as it is often argued. And how can the increasing economic value of water be reconciled with the fact that it is also a human right ?

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