Edited by R. Maria Saleth, Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, India

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• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction R. Maria SalethPART IGENERAL 1. Malin Falkenmark (1999), ‘Forward to the Future: A Conceptual Framework for Water Dependence’2. Peter H. Gleick (1993), ‘Water in the 21st Century’3. Maynard M. Hufschmidt (1993), ‘Water Policies for Sustainable Development’4. Harald D. Frederiksen (1996), ‘Water Crisis in Developing World: Misconceptions about Solutions’PART IIBASIN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT5. Thayer Scudder (1994), ‘Recent Experiences with River Basin Development in the Tropics and Subtropics’6. Marcel Marchand (1987), ‘The Productivity of African Floodplains’7. Roger Epps and Tony Sorensen (1996), ‘Water Resource Management and Regional Development: A Potential Nexus in North West NSW?’8. Maurice O. Ebong (1988), ‘River Basin Development as a Regional Planning Strategy: The Case of the Cross River, Nigeria’9. Yacov Tsur, Hokyoun Park and Arie Issar (1989), ‘Fossil Groundwater as a Basis for Arid Zone Development? An Economic Inquiry’10. Giorgio Guariso and Dale Whittington (1987), ‘Implications of Ethiopian Water Development for Egypt and Sudan’11. Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr and Lise Sandsbråten (1997), ‘Water on Fire: Gains from Electricity Trade’12. Enrique H. Bucher and Paul C. Huszar (1995), ‘Critical Environmental Costs of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway Project in South America’PART IIIIRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT13. William M. Adams and David M. Anderson (1988), ‘Irrigation Before Development: Indigenous and Induced Change in Agricultural Water Management in East Africa’14. David H.L. Thomas and William M. Adams (1999), ‘Adapting to Dams: Agrarian Change Downstream of the Tiga Dam, Northern Nigeria’15. Mark Svendsen and Liu Changming (1990), ‘Innovations in Irrigation Management and Development in Hunan Province: Financial Autonomy, Water Wholesaling, Turnover to Farmers, Mass Movement Labor’16. Mark W. Rosegrant and Mark Svendsen (1993), ‘Asian Food Production in the 1990s: Irrigation Investment and Management Policy’17. R. Maria Saleth (1997), ‘Irrigation-induced Indirect Employment During Eighth Plan: An Estimation Procedure with Tentative Estimates’PART IVWATER SUPPLY, SANITATION AND HEALTH 18. Yok-shiu F. Lee (1994), ‘Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries’19. World Bank Water Demand Research Team (1993), ‘The Demand for Water in Rural Areas: Determinants and Policy Implications’20. John Briscoe and Harvey A. Garn (1995), ‘Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Under Agenda 21’21. Peter H. Gleick (1998), excerpts from ‘Water and Human Health’PART VLEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 22. J.W. Milliman (1959), ‘Water Law and Private Decision-making: A Critique’23. Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom (1972), ‘Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development’24. I.D. Carruthers and J.A. Morrison (1996), ‘Institutions in Water Resource Management: Insights from New Institutional Economics’25. Robert Wade (1995), ‘The Ecological Basis of Irrigation Institutions: East and South Asia’26. Charles W. Howe and John A. Dixon (1993), ‘Inefficiencies in Water Project Design and Operation in the Third World: An Economic Perspective’27. K. William Easter (1993), ‘Economic Failure Plagues Developing Countries’ Public Irrigation: An Assurance Problem’PART VIWATER PRICING AND WATER MARKETS 28. Ariel Dinar and Ashok Subramanian (1998), ‘Policy Implications from Water Pricing Experiences in Various Countries’29. Rajan K. Sampath (1992), ‘Issues in Irrigation Pricing in Developing Countries’30. Mark W. Rosegrant and Hans P. Binswanger (1994), ‘Markets in Tradable Water Rights: Potential for Efficiency Gains in Developing Country Water Resource Allocation’31. K. William Easter, Mark W. Rosegrant and Ariel Dinar (1999), ‘Formal and Informal Markets for Water: Institutions, Performance, and Constraints’32. Charles W. Howe, Dennis R. Schurmeier and W. Douglas Shaw, Jr. (1986), ‘Innovative Approaches to Water Allocation: The Potential for Water Markets’PART VIIPOLICY TRENDS AND EMERGING ISSUES 33. World Bank (1993), ‘Appendix C. Privatization and User Participation in Water Resources Management’34. Sam H. Johnson III (1997), ‘Irrigation Management Transfer: Decentralizing Public Irrigation in Mexico’35. Dale Whittington, Jennifer Davis and Elizabeth McClelland (1998), ‘Implementing a Demand-driven Approach to Community Water Supply Planning: A Case Study of Lugazi, Uganda’36. Donna J. Lee and Ariel Dinar (1995), Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management37. J. Briscoe (1997), ‘Managing Water as an Economic Good: Rules for Reformers’38. Peter H. Gleick (1996), ‘Basic Water Requirements for Human Activities: Meeting Basic Needs’39. Frances Cleaver (1998), ‘Incentives and Informal Institutions: Gender and the Management of the Water’Name Index