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The institutional economics of water : a cross-country analysis of institutions and performance / R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saleth, R. Maria, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Economic aspects.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Political aspects.
- Water resources development--Economic aspects.
- Water resources development.
- Water resources development--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An evaluation of water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective, this title develops an alternative methodology built on ""institutional decomposition and analysis"" framework, ""institutional ecology"" principle, and ""subjective theory"" of institutional change.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Water challenge: an institutional diagnosis; Chapter 2: Understanding institutions: nature, performance, and change; Chapter 3: Existing literature: approaches, attempts, and limitations; Chapter 4: Evaluating institutional linkages: toward an alternative methodology; Chapter 5: Analytical framework and empirical models; Chapter 6: Empirical context: description and justification; Chapter 7: Institutional changes in the water sector: a cross-country review; Chapter 8: Institution-performance linkages: evidenc and evaluation
- Chapter 9: Institution-performance linkages: robustness and contextualityChapter 10: Institutional sequencing and packaging; Chapter 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
- Notes:
- "A co-publication with the World Bank."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21802-X
- 9786613218025
- 1-84542-149-3
- OCLC:
- 191038875
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