FutureDAMS is undertaking an economic assessment of large scale water infrastructure systems considering water-energy-food-environemnt interlinkages. The team is developing a CGE model for ex-ante assessments of policy interventions, simulating poilcy changes and assessing the impacts on key economic variables. It is being applied to Volta and Nile case studies.

The CGE economic modelling team:

• Alvaro Calzadilla – UCL
• Mohammed Basheer – Unicersity of Manchester
• Victor Nechifor – UCL

Research update video

This video was produced for the FutureDAMS annual forum (November 2020) as a summary of the team’s current research progress.

CGE economic research

•  Global crop output and irrigation water requirements under a changing climate
• Filling Africa’s Largest Hydropower Dam Should Consider Engineering Realities