LEADER 04521nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910143486203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08523-1 010 $a9786610085231 010 $a1-4175-2381-6 024 7 $a10.1596/0-8213-5656-9 035 $a(CKB)111090425037710 035 $a(OCoLC)559155469 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10058813 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087628 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087628 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10053231 035 $a(PQKB)10806668 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3050696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058813 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL8523 035 $a(OCoLC)813538253 035 $a(The World Bank)1414 035 $a(US-djbf)1414 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090425037710 100 $a20040830d2004 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe institutional economics of water $ea cross-country analysis of institutions and performance /$fR. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCheltenham, UK ;$aNorthhampton, MA $cElgar Pub.$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 300 $a"A co-publication with the World Bank." 311 $a0-8213-5656-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Water challenge: an institutional diagnosis -- 2 Understanding institutions: nature, performance, and change -- 3 Existing literature: approaches, attempts, and limitations -- 4. Evaluating institutional linkages: toward an alternative methodology -- 5 Analytical framework and empirical models -- 6 Empirical context: description and justification -- 7 Institutional changes in the water sector: a cross-country review -- 8 Institution-performance linkages: evidence and evaluation -- 9 Institution-performance linkages: robustness and contextuality -- 10 Institutional sequencing and packaging -- 11 Conclusions with implications for theory and policy -- Appendix A: Questionnaire -- Appendix B: List of experts who provided inputs and data -- Appendix C: mathematical analog for impact-transmission channels -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 3 $aThe Institutional Economics of Water evaluates water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective. Against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature on institution and performance both in general and in water sector contexts, the title develops an alternative methodology built on: 'institutional ecology' principle, 'institutional decomposition and analysis' framework, and 'subjective theory' of institutional change. Empirical application of this methodology with information collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries/regions and a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework enables the book to conclude with significant implications for both theory and policy in the realm of water sector reform in particular and institutional reforms in general. 'We are both impressed by the book. It will merit prominent publication as a far-reaching application of innovative methodologies to an important, and well explained, worldwide policy problem.' - Randall Calvert, Washington University, St. Louis, US and Thrainn Eggertsson, University of Iceland '[The] literature review . . . is one of the best and most comprehensive that I have seen.' - Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin, US 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aWater-supply$xEconomic aspects 606 $aWater-supply$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWater resources development$xEconomic aspects 606 $aWater resources development$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aWater-supply$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aWater-supply$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWater resources development$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aWater resources development$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a333.9/1 700 $aSaleth$b R. Maria$f1955-$089723 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143486203321 996 $aThe institutional economics of water$94190718 997 $aUNINA