Water & Sanitation: Policy Challenges in Development

Dale Whittington is a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Science & Engineering and City & Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as at the Manchester Business School in the UK. He has authored over 100 publications, including the graduate textbook Expert Advice for Policy Choice (Georgetown University Press, 1997), co-written with Professor Duncan MacRae. In addition to his academic roles, he serves as a resource person and research advisor for various programs, including the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP). He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and has consulted for organizations such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Professor Whittington's current research encompasses four primary areas: the use of hydro-economic optimization models to address economic and strategic issues in major river basins like the Nile and Ganges; municipal water and sanitation tariff design; development of methodologies for estimating the economic value of nonmarket goods and services through stated preferences techniques; and economic and financial considerations related to expanding the use of new-generation vaccines for typhoid and cholera in low- and middle-income countries.