The institutional economics of water : a cross country analysis of institutions and performance This outstanding new book provides the most detailed and comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economy 1. Water challenge : an institutional diagnosis 2. Understanding institutions : nature performance and change 3. Existing literature : approaches attempts and limitations 4. Evaluating institutional linkages : towards an alternative methodology 5. Analytical framework and empirical models 6. empirical context : description and justification 7. Institutional changes in the water sector : a cross country review 8. Institution performance linkages : evidence and evaluation 9. Institution performance linkages : robustness and contextuality 10. Institutional sequencing and packaging 11. Conclusions with implications for theory and policy