@article{Bekchanov:280621,
      recid = {280621},
      author = {Bekchanov, Maksud and Evia, Pablo and Hasan, Mohammad  Monirul and Adhikari, Narayan and Godhalekar, Daphne},
      title = {Institutional framework and financial arrangements for  supporting the adoption of Resource Recovery Reuse  technologies in South Asia},
      address = {2018-11-30},
      number = {1547-2018-7991},
      series = {ZEF Working Paper Series No. 176},
      pages = {29},
      month = {Nov},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Open dumping of waste and discharging untreated wastewater  into environment are key causes of environmental pollution  in the developing world, including South Asian countries.  Waste and wastewater however can be a source for recovering  energy, nutrients and water if properly treated or recycled  rather than a cause of pollution and diseases spread. The  importance of adopting Resources Recovery and Reuse (RRR)  technologies increases under growing demand for food and  energy in contrast to depleting fossil fuel mines and  groundwater reservoirs. However, institutional framework  including the organizations and various stakeholders  involved in the waste and wastewater management sectors,  government policies and legislation, as well as financial  arrangements and incentives to technological change play a  pivotal role in adopting and scaling up RRR options. This  study therefore focuses on institutional and financial  aspects of challenges and opportunities for implementing  RRR options in South Asia. It is argued that improving  financial capacities, easing to obtain land use permits to  expand RRR facilities, maintaining quality of RRR products  (compost, biogas), and raising environmental awareness are  imperative for the successful performance of the RRR  projects in South Asia.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/280621},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.280621},
}