Institutional incentives and sustainable development : infrastructure policies in perspective

Author(s)

• Ostrom, Elinor
• Schroeder, Larry D.
• Wynne, Susan G.

Bibliographic Information

Institutional incentives and sustainable development : infrastructure policies in perspective

Elinor Ostrom, Larry Schroeder, Susan Wynne

（Theoretical lenses on public policy）

Westview Press, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780813316185

Description

Building on the award-winning "Governing the Commons", this book shows how incentives and institutional arrangements can help or hinder development efforts. Using case studies from a variety of infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges and irrigation, in a wide range of geographical settings from Africa and Asia to South America and beyond, the authors provide criteria for evaluating individual and institutional performance in centralized, decentralized and polycentric institutional contexts.

Table of Contents

• The role of infrastructure in development
• the problem of sustainable infrastructure
• individuals, incentives and transaction costs
• provision and production of rural infrastructure
• evaluating institutional performance
• analyzing institutional arrangements
• decentralized institutional arrangements
• polycentric institutional arrangements
• implications of an institutional approach to sustainable development.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813316192

Description

Integrating recent research in the fields of public administration, public finance, institutional economics, and policy analysis, this book shows how institutional arrangements and the incentives they generate can help or hinder development efforts. The authors present a method for systematically comparing alternative institutional arrangements for the development of rural infrastructure. Their analysis reveals the special strengths and weaknesses of polycentric as compared to centralized or decentralized institutional arrangements. Descriptions of a variety of infrastructure projectsincluding roads, bridges, and irrigation systemsin geographical settings as diverse as Africa, Asia, and Latin America are used to illustrate key concepts.Perfect for courses on policy analysis, development administration, and economic development and for use by professional practitioners, Institutional Incentives contributes appreciably and practically to the understanding of sustainable development, infrastructure maintenance, institutional analysis, and the central importance of institutional arrangements.

Table of Contents

* Introduction Paul A. Sabatier. * The Role of Infrastructure in Development * The Problem of Sustainable Infrastructure * Individuals, Incentives, and Transaction Costs * Provision and Production of Rural Infrastructure * Evaluating Institutional Performance * Analyzing Institutional Arrangements * Centralized Institutional Arrangements * Decentralized Institutional Arrangements * Polycentric Institutional Arrangements * Implications of an Institutional Approach to Sustainable Development

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Details

• NCID: BA19950290
• ISBN:
  • 0813316189
  • 0813316197
• LCCN: 92042521
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boulder
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 266 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC59.72.C3
  • DC20 : 338.9/009172/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Infrastructure (Economics) -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Sustainable development -- Developing countries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19950428