PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hélyette Geman
AU  - Alois Kanyinda
TI  - Water as the Next Commodity
AID  - 10.3905/jai.2007.695264
DP  - 2007 Sep 30
TA  - The Journal of Alternative Investments
PG  - 23--30
VI  - 10
IP  - 2
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/10/2/23.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/10/2/23.full
AB  - Water is increasingly recognized as a commodity in its own right, as evidenced by the launching in 2006 of the first water index, World Water Index or WOWAX. For a number of factors ranging from the growth of the world population to global warming and potential extinction of lakes and seas, water is increasingly receiving the attention it deserves. Expensive techniques of adduction or desalination are put into place in those regions in the world where it is scarce and in great demand. Both in developed and developing countries, large capital investments are required to establish and maintain water systems that will altogether benefit populations and investors. The goal of this article is to illustrate the ways in which one can currently invest in water and to discuss the ineluctable emergence of water markets and water rightsTOPICS: Commodities, mutual funds/passive investing/indexing, global, legal/regulatory/public policy