Water content in trade: a regional analysis for Morocco

Autor(es)

Haddad, Eduardo A. ^{[1, 2]} ; Mengoub, Fatima Ezzahra ^[2] ; Vale, Vinicius A. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Econ, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Policy Ctr New South, Rabat - Morocco

^[3] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Econ, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH; v. 32, n. 4 APR 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

This paper aims at evaluating the virtual water content in trade in an intra-country perspective and discussing potential tradeoffs between the use of natural resources and value added creation. We develop a trade-based index that reveals the relative water use intensities associated with specific interregional and international trade flows. The index is calculated considering the measures of water and value added embedded in trade flows associated with each regional origin-destination pair using an interregional input-output matrix for Morocco together with information on sectorial water use. We add to the literature on virtual water by encompassing the subnational perspective in a country that shows a clear `climate divide'. Furthermore, we contribute to the literature by proposing an index that may be applied to different economies to evaluate multidimensional trade-offs associated with the pressure of specific economic flows to the use of natural resources relative to its economic relevance. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/50848-9 - INCT 2014: INCT para Mudanças Climáticas (INCT-MC)
• Beneficiário: Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas Globais - Temático