02794cam a22004094a 4500 1414 The World Bank 20260707185205.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 020129s2004 dcu o i001 0 eng 0821356569 24.99 USD 9780821356562 10.1596/0-8213-5656-9 (The World Bank)1414 167893 139145 Saleth, R. Maria 204677 The Institutional Economics of Water: [electronic resource] A Cross-Country Analysis of Institutions and Performance / R. Maria Saleth Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2004 1 online resource (256 p.) 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 Description based on print version record. Environment Environmental Economics and Policies Town Water Supply and Sanitation 204258 Water Conservation 96348 Water Resources 204678 Water Supply and Sanitation 204260 Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions 204679 Water Supply and Systems 204680 Dinar, Ariel 204681 Saleth, R. Maria 204677 Print Version: 9780821356562 World Bank e-Library. http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821356562 EBK 167893 139145