Water content in trade a regional analysis for Morocco /
Amaral Haddad, Eduardo
Water content in trade a regional analysis for Morocco / [Ressource électronique] : Eduardo A. Haddad, Fatima Ezzahra Mengoub, Vinicius A. Vale - Rabat : Publications of The Policy Center for the New South, 2018 - 30 p.
Research Paper - April 2018, RP-18/03
Bibliogr. p. 29-30
This paper reports the results of an application using an interregional input-output matrix for Morocco together with regional information on water consumption by sectors. We develop a trade-based index that reveals the relative water use intensities associated with specific interregional and international trade flows. We estimate, for each flow associated with each origin-destination pair, measures of trade in value added and trade in water that are further used to calculate our index. We add to the existing literature on virtual water flows by encompassing the subnational perspective in the case study of a country that shows a "climate divide": while a great part of the southern territory is located in the Sahara Desert, with serious water constraints, the northern part is relatively more privileged with access to this natural resource. Furthermore, we compare that Trade-Based Index of Water Intensity to similar metrics related to the use of other natural resources
RESSOURCES AQUATIQUES
CONSOMMATION
EAU
COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCE INTERIEUR
MAROC
333.91130964
Water content in trade a regional analysis for Morocco / [Ressource électronique] : Eduardo A. Haddad, Fatima Ezzahra Mengoub, Vinicius A. Vale - Rabat : Publications of The Policy Center for the New South, 2018 - 30 p.
Research Paper - April 2018, RP-18/03
Bibliogr. p. 29-30
This paper reports the results of an application using an interregional input-output matrix for Morocco together with regional information on water consumption by sectors. We develop a trade-based index that reveals the relative water use intensities associated with specific interregional and international trade flows. We estimate, for each flow associated with each origin-destination pair, measures of trade in value added and trade in water that are further used to calculate our index. We add to the existing literature on virtual water flows by encompassing the subnational perspective in the case study of a country that shows a "climate divide": while a great part of the southern territory is located in the Sahara Desert, with serious water constraints, the northern part is relatively more privileged with access to this natural resource. Furthermore, we compare that Trade-Based Index of Water Intensity to similar metrics related to the use of other natural resources
RESSOURCES AQUATIQUES
CONSOMMATION
EAU
COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCE INTERIEUR
MAROC
333.91130964