Institutional Economics of Water : A Cross-Country Analysis of Institutions and Performance

Dinar, Ariel, Saleth, R. Maria

ISBN 10: 0821356569 / ISBN 13: 9780821356562

Published by World Bank Publications, 2004

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Synopsis:

This book attempts to evaluate water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective. It begins with an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature on institution and performance and then develops an alternative methodology built on: institutional decomposition and analysis framework, institutional ecology principle, and subjective theory of institutional change.

Review: `We are both impressed by the book. It merits 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 `This is an impressive book . . . [It] will be used by diverse audiences. For scholars interested in the evolution of institutional theory, they will assign students primarily to the first three chapters . . . For scholars in resource economics, they will have them read the last part of the book . . . The strength of the book, however, is bringing both these approaches together within one set of pages.' -- Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, US

Bibliographic Details

Title: Institutional Economics of Water : A ...
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good