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Understanding Institutional Diversity
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 39.50The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the... more...
Local Commons and Global Interdependence
SAGE Publications 1994; US$ 57.00This volume offers a synthesis of what is known about very large and very small common-pool resources. Individuals using commons at the global or local level may find themselves in a similar situation. At an international level, states cannot appeal to authoritative hierarchies to enforce agreements they make to cooperate with one another. In some... more...
The Samaritan's Dilemma
OUP Oxford 2005; US$ 48.99What's wrong with foreign aid? Many policymakers, aid practitioners, and scholars have called into question its ability to increase economic growth, alleviate poverty, or promote social development. At the macro level, only tenuous links between development aid and improved living conditions have been found. At the micro level, only a few programs... more...
Improving Irrigation in Asia
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and the management of development assistance. In 1985, the Water... more...
The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 40.00Analyses the institutions that guide the behaviour of people involved in the implementation of foreign aid programmes and how this affects effectiveness of aid in recipient countries. Drawing on the literature of institutional and organisational economics, the book explores the informational problems in aid delivery, making some suggestions for reform. more...
Asian Irrigation in Transition
SAGE India 2005; US$ 88.95There is today a crucial need to revamp the management and governance of water systems in Asia in order to cater to the increasing demands of a growing group of users with diverse needsurban settlements, industry, food producers and environmental needs. Written by a mix of international observers and practitioners, these essays cover a wide range... more...
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