The institutional economics of water : a cross-country analysis of institutions and performance / / R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar

• Autore: Saleth R. Maria <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Cheltenham, UK ; ; Northhampton, MA, : Elgar Pub., c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.9/1
• Soggetto topico: Water-supply - Economic aspects; Water-supply - Political aspects; Water resources development - Economic aspects; Water resources development - Political aspects
• Note generali: "A co-publication with the World Bank."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The institutional economics of water
• ISBN: 1-280-08523-1; 9786610085231; 1-4175-2381-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143486203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.