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

Saleth, R. Maria; Dinar, Ariel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1843767775 ISBN 13 : 9781843767770

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

This outstanding new book provides the most detailed and comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economy.

Skilfully integrating institutional theory with resource economics, and set against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature, the authors develop an alternative methodology to quantitatively assess the performance of institutions in the context of water. This methodology is built on the principle of 'institutional ecology', the 'institutional decomposition and analysis' framework, and the 'subjective theory' of institutional change. Using this new methodology, plus information collected through an international survey of 127 water experts, the authors present a detailed empirical analysis of the process of institution-performance interaction in the water sector. Relying on the institutional transaction cost approach and an extensive cross-country review of recent water sector reforms, they also provide evidence on the relative role of various factors which influence the extent and depth of water institutional reforms in 43 countries and regions around the world. The book concludes with far reaching implications for the theory and policy of water sector reform in particular and institutional reform in general.

Unique and up-to-date, this book offers an authoritative review of the important linkages between institutions and performance both in general and water sector contexts. By laying the foundations for future research and policy in this field, it will be of particular relevance and value for institutional economists, natural resource and environmental economists, political scientists, policymakers, donor agencies and students and scholars working on water-related issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

R. Maria Saleth, Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, India and Ariel Dinar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, US

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843767775
• ISBN 13: 9781843767770
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible