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The Institutional Economics of Water

Ariel Dinar, R. Maria Saleth

2004

Overview

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

• Publisher: The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank and Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,Intern. Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Subject: AGRICULTURE / AQUACULTURE / AQUIFER / AQUIFERS / ARID ZONES / AUGMENTATION / BASIN / CATCHMENT / CHANNELS / CLEAN WATER / COMMUNITIES / CONVEYING / COVERING / CROP PRODUCTION / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / DRAINAGE / ECONOMIC ACTIVITY / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC CHANGE / ECONOMIC CONDITIONS / ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC POLICIES / ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY / ECOSYSTEM / EFFICIENT WATER USE / EFFLUENT / EFFLUENTS / EMPIRICAL BASIS / ENGINEERING / ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / EXPLOITATION / FISH / FLOODS / FOOD PRODUCTION / FORESTRY / FRESH WATER / GNP / GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT / ICE / ICE COVER / INCOME / INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE / INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN / INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS / Institutionenökonomik / INTERNATIONAL WATER / IRRIGATION / LAND RESOURCES / MARGINAL COST / OPPORTUNITY COSTS / OVERHEAD COSTS / Political aspects / POLLUTION / POPULATION GROWTH / PRECIPITATION / PRESSURE / PRODUCTIVITY / PROGRAMS / PUMPS / RESERVOIRS / RESOURCE ALLOCATION / RESOURCE USE / Ressourcenökonomik / RIVER / SALINITY / SANITATION / SANITATION PROGRAMS / SERVICE PROVISION / SOCIAL COSTS / STORAGE CAPACITY / SUSTAINABLE WATER / TEMPERATURE / URBAN WATER / VALUABLE INFORMATION / Wasserpolitik / Wasserversorgung / Wasserwirtschaft / WASTEWATER / WATER AFFAIRS / WATER ALLOCATION / WATER CHARGES / WATER CRISIS / WATER DEMAND / WATER LOSS / WATER LOSSES / WATER MANAGEMENT / WATER MARKETS / WATER NEED / WATER NEEDS / WATER POLLUTION / WATER PRICES / WATER PRICING / WATER QUALITY / WATER RATES / WATER RECYCLING / WATER RESOURCE / WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT / WATER RESOURCES / Water resources development / WATER REUSE / WATER RIGHTS / WATER SAVINGS / WATER SECTOR / WATER SERVICES / WATER SUPPLY / WATER SYSTEMS / WATER TRANSFER / WATER USE / WATER USE EFFICIENCY / WATER WITHDRAWAL
• ISBN: 9780821356562, 0821356569, 1843767775, 9781843767770