Public Policies of Development, Collection of Water Fees and Water Sources Degradation in Mexico

2. National Autonomous University of México, México

Abstract: The intention of development public policy of privileging economic development and the protection of the access water human right, downplay the tax context of water in Mexico. It generates perverse incentives that impact as to damage to water sources and show the incongruence with the tax system.

Key words: water fees, water public policy, Mexican tax principles, water fiscal context