Key
Qualifications
Prof Rathinasamy
Maria Saleth is
currently the
Director of the
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies (MIDS),
Chennai, India.
Before joining
MIDS, Prof.
Saleth has been
a Principal
Researcher and
Senior
Institutional
Economist with
the
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo, Sri
Lanka. He has
also served as
honorary Adjunct
Professor at the
Centre for
Comparative
Water Law and
Policy, School
of International
Business,
University of
South Australia,
Adelaide,
Australia. He
has research,
teaching,
training, and
administrative
experience
spanning over 20
years in various
capacities in
different
organizations
both within and
outside India.
With his
specialization
in Resource and
Environmental
Economics,
Institutional
Economics, and
Quantitative
Techniques,
Prof. Saleth
works in the
areas of water
resource
management,
institutional
reform, and
agricultural
development and
has published
three books,
three edited
volumes, and
several papers
in journals and
edited volumes
related to these
areas. Prof.
Saleth has also
won several
awards for some
of his papers,
books, and works
from
professional
organizations
such as the
Indian Society
of Agricultural
Economics,
American Water
Resources
Association, and
International
Water
Association. He
has taught
graduate level
courses in
Economic Theory
and Optimization
Principles and
organized a
number of
training
programs in
Environmental
Economics to
college/university
teachers and
government
officials.
Besides his
regular academic
and research
activities,
Prof. Saleth has
also contributed
to the national
and
international
policy processes
by serving as
member in
several
committees,
expert panels,
and working
groups of the
Government of
India, UNDP,
UNESCO, and
World Water
Council and as
consultant to
the World Bank,
Food and
Agriculture
Organisation,
Asian
Development
Bank, and
UNESCAP. Prof.
Saleth has also
participated in
several national
and
international
conferences,
seminars, and
workshops as
participant,
resource person,
and keynote
speaker. He has
been the
Managing Editor
of the
Journal of
Social and
Economic
Development
(2000-02) and an
Associate Editor
of Water
Resources
Research
(since 2002).
Currently, Prof.
Saleth serves as
an Associate
Editor of
Water Policy
(since 1998) and
as a member of
the Editorial
Advisory Board
of
Technological
Forecasting and
Social Change
(since 1998) and
Journal of
Environmental
and Ecological
Management
(since 2004).
He is a life
member of the
Indian Society
of Agricultural
Economics and
Indian Social
Sciences
Association, and
an active member
of the
International
Water Resources
Association
(since 1998).
Education
|
1977 |
B.A.,
Economics,
Madurai
Kamaraj
Univeristy,
Madurai,
India. |
|
1979 |
M.A.,
Economics,
Madurai
Kamaraj
Univeristy,
Madurai,
India |
|
1981 |
M.Phil,
International
Studies,
Jawaharlal
Nehru
University,
New
Delhi,
India.
|
|
1989 |
Ph.D.
Agricultural
Economics,
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign,
USA.
(Majored
in
Natural
Resource
and
Environmental
Economics
and
Quantitative
Techniques) |
Language Skills
|
Languages |
Written
|
Spoken
|
|
Tamil
(Mother
Tongue) |
Excellent |
Excellent |
|
English |
Excellent |
Excellent |
|
Hindi |
Fair |
Good |
|
Spanish |
Fair |
Fair |
|
2009- |
Director,
Madras
Institute
of
Development
Studies,
Chennai,
India. |
|
2002-2008 |
Principal
Researcher/Senior
Institutional
Economist,
International
Water
Management
Institute,
Colombo,
Sri
Lanka. |
|
2003-2006 |
Adjunct
Professor
(Honorary),
Water
Law and
Policy
Group,
School
of
International
Business,
University
of South
Australia,
Adelaide,
Australia. |
|
2000-2002 |
Professor
of
Ecological
Economics,
Institute
for
Social
and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore,
India. |
|
1998 |
Visiting
Research
Fellow,
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC.,
USA. |
|
1992-2000 |
Associate
Professor
of
Agricultural
Economics,
Institute
of
Economic
Growth,
Delhi,
India. |
|
1991-1992 |
Ecological
Economist,
M.S.
Swaminathan
Research
Institute,
Chennai
(Madras),
India. |
|
1989-1991 |
Assistant
Professor
of
Economics,
Indira
Gandhi
Institute
of
Development
Research,
Mumbai
(Bombay),
India. |
|
1987-88 |
Graduate
Research
Assistant,
Department
of
Agricultural
Economics/Department
of Civil
Engineering,
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign,
USA. |
|
2006 |
Certificate
of
Excellence
in
Research
awarded
by the
School
of
Commerce,
University
of South
Australia
in
recognition
for the
outstanding
research
performance
during
2005 as
an
Adjunct
Professor
in the
Centre
for
Comparative
Water
Law and
Policy
at the
School. |
|
2005 |
Outstanding
Reviewer
Award
from the
International
Water
Association
Publishing
in
recognition
of the
editorial
and
review
works
for the
Journal:
Water
Policy |
|
2005 |
Supported
Researcher
Status
from the
University
of South
Australia
in
recognition
for
outstanding
research
performance
during
2004 as
an
Adjunct
Professor
in the
Centre
for
Comparative
Water
Law and
Policy
at the
School
of
Commerce
of the
University. |
|
2004 |
S.R. Sen
Prize
from the
Indian
Society
of
Agricultural
Economics
for the
book:
Strategic
Linkages
in Rural
Diversification:
Empirical
Analysis
and
Policy
Issues
adjudged
as the
best
book on
agricultural
economics
and
rural
development
published
in India
during
1999-2000. |
|
1998 |
D.K.
Desai
Prize
from the
Indian
Society
of
Agricultural
Economics
for the
paper:
“Diversification
Strategy
for
Small
Farmers
and
Landless”. |
|
1998 |
Visiting
Research
Fellowship,
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC.,
USA. |
|
1991 |
Distinction
in
Engineering
Technology
Award
from the
Central
Board of
Irrigation
and
Power
for the
technical
Paper:
“Operationalizing
Sustainability
in the
Context
of
Groundwater
Aquifer”. |
|
1988 |
Outstanding
Paper
Competition
Award
from the
American
Water
Resources
Association/University
Council
on Water
Resources
for the
Paper:
“Water
Markets
under
Bargaining
Conditions”. |
|
1988 |
Certificate
of
Achievement
for an
Outstanding
Student
Paper
Presentation
from the
American
Water
Resources
Association. |
|
1984 |
National
Overseas
Scholarship
Award
from the
Ministry
of Home
Affairs,
Government
of
India. |
|
2005 |
Member,
International
Scientific
Committee,
International
Conference
on:
Economics
of
Poverty.
Environment,
and
Natural
Resource
Use,
Wageningen
International
Congress
Centre,
Wageningen,
The
Netherlands,
17-19
May,
2005. |
|
2005 |
Guest
Editor,
Special
Issue of
Water
Policy
on:
“Water
Institutional
Reforms:
Theory
and
Practice”
(Vol: 7,
No: 1,
January-March
2005). |
|
2004 |
Convener,
Special
Section
of
Water
Resources
Research
on:
“River
Basin
Management:
Economics,
Management,
and
Policy”
(Vol:
40, No:
8,
August
2004). |
|
Since
2004 |
Member,
Editorial
Advisory
Board,
Journal
of
Environment
and
Ecological
Management. |
|
Since
2004 |
Member,
Editorial
Advisory
Committee,
Water
Policy
Series,
Resources
for the
Future
Press,
Washington
DC.
|
|
2003 |
Guest
Editor,
Special
Issue of
Water
Policy
on:
“Water,
Poverty,
and
Gender”,
(Vol: 5,
Nos:
5-6,
October-December
2003). |
|
2003 |
Member,
International
Advisory
Committee,
international
Conference
on:
“Managing
Emerging
Technologies
in Asia
organized
by the
School
of
Business,
Singapore
Management
University,
Singapore
during
November
2-3,
2003 |
|
2003 |
Co-organizer,
Workshop
on:
“Water
Reforms,
Institutions'
Performance,
Allocation,
Pricing,
and
Resource
Accounting”
held on
August
16, 2003
as an
Learning
Event as
part of
the 25th
Annual
Conference
of
International
Association
of
Agricultural
Economists
in
Durban,
South
Africa
during
August
16-22,
2003. |
|
2003-2004 |
Associate
Editor,
Water
Resources
Research |
|
2000-2002 |
Member,
Scientific
Committee,
Ministry
of
Ecology,
Environment,
and
Forest,
Government
of
Karnataka,
Bangalore,
India. |
|
2000-2002 |
Managing
Editor,
Journal
of
Social
and
Economic
Development. |
|
2000-2002 |
Vice-Chairman,
Library
Committee,
Institute
for
Social
and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore,
India. |
|
2000 |
Member,
Research
Advisory
Committee,
Project
on
Private
Sector
Participation
and the
Poor,
Water
and
Sanitation
Programme,
United
Nations
Development
Programme
and the
World
Bank,
New
Delhi. |
|
Since
2000 |
Associate
Editor,
Water
Policy |
|
1999 |
Member,
International
Panel on
Institution,
Society,
and
Economy,
World
Water
Vision
Project,
UNESCO,
Paris. |
|
Since
1998 |
Member,
International
Water
Resources
Association. |
|
1997 |
Member,
Working
Group on
Legal
and
Institutional
Issues,
National
Commission
on
Integrated
Water
Resources
Development,
Planning
Commission,
Government
of India
(GOI),
New
Delhi. |
|
1997 |
Member,
International
Working
Group on
Sustainable
Livelihoods,
United
Nations
Development
Programme,
New
York. |
|
Since
1997 |
Member,
Editorial
Advisory
Board,
Technological
Forecasting
and
Social
Change:
An
International
Journal. |
|
1996 |
Member,
Sub-Group
of the
Ninth
Plan
Working
Group on
Major
and
Medium
Irrigation
Projects,
Ministry
of Water
Resources,
GOI, New
Delhi. |
|
1996 |
Member,
Ninth
Plan
Working
Group on
Agricultural
Price
Policy
and
Trade,
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
Government
of India
(GOI),
New
Delhi. |
|
Since
1995 |
Life
Member,
Indian
Social
Sciences
Association. |
|
Since
1991 |
Life
Member,
Indian
Society
of
Agricultural
Economics. |
|
2004-2005 |
International
Consultant,
United
Nations
Economic
and
Social
Commission
for Asia
Pacific,
Bangkok
(Prepared
a paper
on:
“The
Role of
Institutional
Changes
in the
Water
Sector
for
Achieving
the MDGs
in Asia
and the
Pacific
Region”) |
|
2004-2005 |
International
Consultant,
World
Bank-India
Office,
New
Delhi
(Prepared
a paper
on:
“Water
Rights
and
Entitlements
in
India”
as
inputs
for
preparing
the
Country
Water
Resources
Assistance
Strategy
for
India). |
|
2000-2001 |
International
Consultant,
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC (Led
the
preparation
of the
Project
Report:
Water
Institutions
and
Sector
Performance:
A
Quantitative
Analysis
with
Cross-Country
Data). |
|
2000-2001 |
International
Consultant
to the
Asian
Development
Bank,
Manila
during
November
2000-January
2001
(Prepared
the
Study of
Development
Priorities
for the
Natural
Resources
Sectors
in
Madhya
Pradesh,
India). |
|
2000 |
Institutional
Issues
in
Indian
Agriculture,
Project
Report
for the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
xviii+61pp. |
|
1999-2000 |
International
Consultant,
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC
(Worked
on the
Research
Project:
Comparative
Study of
Water
Institutions
and
Water
Sector
Performance
and
presented
the
results
at
Indiana
University,
Bloomington
and
University
of
Minnesota,
St. Paul). |
|
1999 |
Shifting
of
Cropping
Pattern
from
Cereals
to
Non-cereals,
Project
Report
for the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
ii+78pp. |
|
1998 |
Analytical
Linkages
in Rural
Diversification:
Implications
for
Theory
and
Policy,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
viii+70pp. |
|
1997-1998 |
International
Consultant
and
Visiting
Research
Fellow,
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC (Led
the
Project:
Comparative
Study of
Water
Institutions
and
Water
Sector
Performance
and
visited,
as a
part of
this
study,
Australia
and 9
other
countries
in Asia,
Africa,
and
Latin
America). |
|
1997 |
Farm
Technologies
and
Rural
Poverty:
An
Evaluation
of
Linkages
at the
Macro
Level,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
viii+76pp. |
|
1997 |
International
Consultant,
Food and
Agriculture
Organisation,
Rome
(Visited
World
Bank,
Washington,
DC and
Participated
in
finalizing
the
Report:
India:
Water
Resource
Management
Sector
Review
carried
out
jointly
by World
Bank/FAO/Government
of
India). |
|
1996-1997 |
National
Consultant,
Food and
Agriculture
Organisation,
New
Delhi
(Participated
in a
series
of
expert
evaluation
missions
to
various
parts of
India in
connection
with the
joint
World
Bank/FAO/GOI
India:
Water
Resource
Management
Sector
Review). |
|
1996 |
Agricultural
Policy
for a
Liberalized
Economy:
Continuity
and
Change,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
ix+97pp. |
|
1996 |
Privatizing
Canal
Irrigation
Management:
Options
and
Framework,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
v+120pp. |
|
1995 |
Agricultural
Diversification
in Tamil
Nadu:
Potentials
and
Prospects,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
National
Dairy
Development
Board,
Anand,
Gujarat,
India,
711pp.
|
|
1994 |
Water
Rights
System:
An
Institutional
Option
for the
Sustainable
Management
of Water
Resources
in India,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
iv+69pp. |
|
1993 |
What an
Environmental
Law Can
Do for
Sustainable
Development?
A Review
of the
Case for
Water
Law
Reform
in India,
Institute
of
Economic
Growth,
Delhi,
70pp. |
|
1993 |
Evaluating
the
Agricultural
Sustainability
of the
Agro-climatic
Regions
of India,
Project
Report
Submitted
to the
Ministry
of
Agriculture,
GOI, New
Delhi,
25pp. |
|
1989 |
(with J.
W.
Eheart,
M. R.
Rahman,
J. P.
Barclay,
and J.
B.Braden)
Programs
for
Management
of Water
Withdrawals
in
Illinois,
Report
No.
ILENR/RE‑WR‑89/20,
Illinois
Department
of
Energy
and
Natural
Resources,
Springfield,
Illinois,
159pp. |
|
2009 |
“Evaluating
Sustainability:
Illustration
of Two
Approaches”,
Presentation
at the
ISEC-NCI
Course
on
‘Approaching
the
Environment
in
India’,
Institute
for
Social
and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore,
July 17,
2009.
|
|
2009 |
“Water
Challenge
and
Water
Rights”,
Presentation
for the
Orientation
Course
for
Newly
Recruited
College
Teachers,
Department
of
Economics,
University
of
Madras,
Chennai,
July 14,
2009.
|
|
2009 |
“Water
Institutions
and
Water
Governance:
Structure,
Environment,
and
Change
Process”,
Paper
presented
at the
International
Conference
on:
New
Thinking
on Water
Governance,
Institute
of Water
Studies,
Lee Kuan
Yew
School
of
Public
Policy,
National
University
of
Singapore,
Singapore,
July
1-3,
2009. |
|
2009 |
(with
Upali
Amarasinghe)
,“Demand
Management
Strategies
for
Indian
Irrigation”,
Paper
presented
at the
National
Workshop
on:
Strategic
Analysis
of
India’s
National
River
Linking
project
organized
by IWMI-India
office,
New
Delhi,
April
7-8,
2009.
|
|
2009 |
“Institutions
for
Irrigation
Management
in
India”,
Panel
Presentation
at the
Year
of Water
Conference:
Water
and
Agriculture:
Implications
for
Development
and
growth
organized
by the
School
of
Advanced
International
Studies,
Johns
Hopkins
University
and
Center
for
Strategic
and
International
Studies,
Washington
DC,
March
30,
2009.
|
|
2009 |
“Quantifying
Institutional
Impacts
and
Development
Synergies
in Water
Resource
Programs,
Presentation
at the
Centre
for
Economic
and
Social
Studies,
Hyderabad,
January
19,
2009.
|
|
2007 |
“Linking
Water
Management
Economics
and
Institutions
in the
21st
Century
India”
Presentation
at the
International
Symposium
on
India
60: The
Critical
Questions
held at
the
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign,
November
2-3,
2007.
|
|
2007 |
(With
Ariel
Dinar),
“Development
Programs,
Institutions,
and Food
Security:
Evaluation
Methodology
with
Empirical
Results”
Brownbag
Seminar,
International
Food
Policy
Research
Institute,
Washington
DC,
October
29,
2007.
|
|
2007 |
(With
Ariel
Dinar,
Susanne
Neubert,
Bandi
Kamaiah,
Sarath
Abayawardana,
Ranjith
Ariyaratna,
and
Shyamalie
de
Silva),
“Institutions
for Food
Security
in Kala
Oya
Basin,
Sri
Lanka”
IWMI-Sri
Lanka
Consultative
Committee
Meeting,
Colombo,
April 5,
2007.
|
|
2007 |
(With
Ariel
Dinar
and
Susanne
Neubert),
“Evaluating
the
Institution-Impact
Interactions
in the
context
of the
Millennium
Development
Goals:
Analytical
Framework
with
Empirical
Results",
Paper
presented
at the
International
Seminar
on:
Water
Management:
Technology,
Economics
and the
Environment
organized
by the
Fundacion
Ramon
Areces,
Madrid,
Spain,
January
19-20,
2007 |
|
2006 |
“Understanding
Water
Institutions:
Structure
and
Change
Process”,
International
Training
and
Research
Course
on:
Groundwater
Governance
in Asia:
Theory
and
Practice,
Indian
Institute
of
Technology,
Roorkee,
India,
November
6-10,
2006.
|
|
2006 |
“Impact
Assessment
Activities
at IWMI:
A Quick
Recap”,
Impact
Assessment
Focal
Points
Meeting
Organized
by the
CGIAR
Science
Council’s
Standing
Panel on
Impact
Assessment,
World
Agroforestry
Centre,
Nairobi,
Kenya,
October
5-7,
2006. |
|
2006 |
“Assessing
Non-Economic
Impact:
Some
‘Snacks’
for
Thought”,
Invited
Presentation
in the
Impact
Assessment
Focal
Points
Meeting
Organized
by the
CGIAR
Science
Council’s
Standing
Panel on
Impact
Assessment,
World
Agroforestry
Centre,
Nairobi,
Kenya,
October
5-7,
2006. |
|
2005 |
Invited
Paper
(with
Anatoly
Kadushkin
and
Taimur
Ali): “Water
Sector
Reforms
for
Catalyzing
the
MDGs:
Towards
an
Evaluation
Framework”,
Paper
presented
at the
Sixth
Annual
Global
Development
Conference:
Developing
and
Developed
Worlds
Mutual
Impact,
Dakar,
Senegal,
January
24-26,
2005
|
|
2004 |
Coordinator,
IWMI-World
Bank
Africa
Training
Hub:
“Irrigation,
Water,
Soils,
and
Natural
Resources
Management
Issues
In
Africa:
Basin-Based
Research
And
Field
Experiences”,
Pretoria/Blydepoort,
South
Africa
November
30-December
4, 2004
|
|
2004 |
Keynote,
“Understanding
Institutions:
Structure,
Environment,
and
Change
Process”,
International
Workshop on Water
Resources
Management
for
Local
Development:
Governance,
Institutions,
and
Policies,
Loskop
Dam,
South
Africa,
November
8-10,
2004. |
|
2000-2002 |
Ph.D.
Course
Coordinator,
Principles
of
Optimization
and Game
Theory,
Institute
for
Social
and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore,
India. |
|
2001 |
Course
Director,
Faculty
Upgradation
Programme
in
Environmental
Economics
conducted
under
the
World
Bank-aided
Environmental
Management
Capacity
Building
Technical
Assistance
Project
of
Government
of
India,
Institute
for
Social
and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore,
India,
September
10-October
9. |
|
1996 |
Theme
Paper,
“Economic
Diversification
Among
Rural
Groups:
A Micro
Study of
Rural
Transformation
in Tamil
Nadu”,
National
Seminar
on
Dynamics
of Rural
Social
Transformation,
Punjab
University,
Chandigarh,
February
12-15. |
|
1994 |
Keynote
Address,
“Sustainability:
Social
Implications
and
Measurement”,
Workshop
on
Evaluation
Criteria
for
Sustainable
Economy,
Institut
fur
Verfahrenstechnik,
Technische
Universitat-Graz,
Graz,
Austria,
April
6-7. |
Books
Saleth,
R. M., and Ariel
Dinar, (2004),
The
Institutional
Economics of
Water: A
Cross-country
Analysis of
Institutions and
Performance,
Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham (UK).
Saleth, R. M.,
(1999),
Strategic
Linkages in
Rural
Diversification:
Empirical
Analysis and
Policy Issues,
Commonwealth
Publishers, New
Delhi.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1996), Water
Institutions in
India:
Economics, Law,
and Policy,
Commonwealth
Publishers, New
Delhi.
Edited Volumes
Saleth, R. M.,
ed., (2009),
Promoting
Irrigation
Demand
Management in
India:
Potentials,
Problems, and
Prospects,
Strategic
Analyses of the
National River
Linking Project
of India:
Series 3,
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
Giordano, M. A.,
Frank Rijsberman,
and R. M.
Saleth,
eds., (2006),
More Crop per
Drop: Revisiting
a Research
Paradigm,
Results and
Synthesis of
IWMI Research:
1996-2005,
International
Water
Association (IWA)
Publishing,
London.
Saleth, R. M.,
ed., (2002),
Water Resources
and Economic
Development,
Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham (UK).
Technical and
Policy Papers
Saleth, R. M.,
Arlene Inocencio,
Andrew Noble,
and Sawaeng
Ruaysoongnern,
(2009),
Economic Gains
of Improving
Soil Fertility
and Water
Holding Capacity
with Clay
Application: The
Impact of Soil
Remediation
Research in
Northeast
Thailand,
Research Report
No: 130,
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo,
vii+30pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
and Ariel Dinar,
(2008),
Quantifying
Institutional
Impacts and
Development
Synergies in
Water Resource
Programs: A
Methodology with
Application to
the Kala Oya
Basin, Sri Lanka,
World Bank
Policy Research
Working Paper
No: 4498, World
Bank,
Washington, DC,
January,
iii+66pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
Ariel Dinar,
Susanne Neubert,
Bandi Kamaiah,
Seenithamby
Manoharan,
Sarath
Abayawardana,
Ranjith
Ariyaratne, and
Shyamalie de
Silva, (2007),
Institutions,
Impact
Synergies, and
Food Security: A
Methodology with
Results from the
Kala Oya Basin,
Sri Lanka,
Research Report
No: 124,
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo, v+36pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
A. Kadushkin,
and T. Ali,
(2005)
The Role of
Institutional
Changes in the
Water Sector for
Achieving the
MDGs in Asia and
the Pacific
Region,
Study
prepared as part
of the Technical
Background Paper
for the UNDP/UNESCAP
Project:
“Supporting the
Achievement of
the Millennium
Development
Goals (MDGs) in
Asia and the
Pacific (Phase
II)”, UNESCAP,
Bangkok, 52pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004), Water
Rights and
Entitlements in
India,
Instruments
Paper prepared
for the World
Bank-India
Office for
preparing its
Country Water
Resources Sector
Strategy for
India, World
Bank, New Delhi,
31pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004),
Strategic
Analysis of
Water
Institutions:
Application of a
New Research
Paradigm,
IWMI Research
Report No: 79,
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo,
vi+37pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2003),
Water
Institutional
Reforms in
Developing
Countries:
Insights,
Evidences, and
Case Studies,
Working Paper,
Initiatives for
Policy Dialogue,
Columbia
University, New
York, 40pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(1999),
Evaluating Water
Institutions and
Water Sector
Performance,
World Bank
Technical Paper
No: 447, World
Bank,
Washington, DC,
xi+93pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(1999), Water
Challenge and
Institutional
Response: A
Cross-Country
Perspective,
World Bank
Policy Research
Working Paper
No: 2045, World
Bank,
Washington, DC,
iv+51pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
and Ariel Dinar,
(1997),
Satisfying Urban
Thirst: Supply
Augmentation and
Pricing Policy
in Hyderabad
City, India,
World Bank
Technical paper
No: 395, World
Bank,
Washington, DC.,
x+39pp.
Articles in
Journals
Saleth, R. M.,
and Ariel Dinar,
(2009), “Impact
Synergies and
Institutional
Roles in
Development
Processes:
Modeling the
Effects of
Multiple Policy
Interventions on
Food Security”,
Journal of
Policy Modeling
(Forthcoming).
Saleth, R.M.,
and Upali
Amarasinghe,
(2009),
“Promoting
Irrigation
Demand
Management in
India: Options,
Linkages, and
Strategy”,
Water Policy
(Forthcoming).
Saleth, R. M.,
Arlene Inocencio,
Andrew Noble,
and, Sawaeng
Ruaysoongnern,
(2009),
“Economic Gains
of Improving
Soil Fertility
and Water
Holding Capacity
with Clay
Application: The
Impact of Soil
Remediation
Research in
Northeast
Thailand”,
Journal of
Development
Effectiveness,
1(3): 1-17.
Saleth, R. M.,
and Ariel Dinar,
(2008),
“Linkages within
Institutional
Structure: An
Empirical
Analysis of
Water
Institutions”,
Journal of
Institutional
Economics,
4(3):375-401.
Saleth, R. M.,
Anatoly
Kadushkin, and
Taimur Ali,
(2007), “Water
Institutional
Reforms and the
MDGs: Towards an
Evaluation
Framework”,
Irrigation and
Drainage,
56(2-3):
227-236.
Dinar, Ariel and
R. M. Saleth,
(2005), “Can
Water
Institutions be
Cured? A Water
Institutions
Health Index”,
Water Science
and Technology:
Water Supply,
5(6): 17-40.
Saleth, R. M.,
and Ariel Dinar,
(2005), “Water
Institutional
Reforms: Theory
and Practice”,
Water Policy,
7(1): 1-19.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004),
“Introduction to
Special Section
on River Basin
Management:
Economics,
Management, and
Policy”,
Water Resources
Research,
40(8), W08S01,
doi:
10.1029/2004WR003368,
6pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and G. S. Sastry,
(2004), “Water
Supply and
Sanitation
Sector of
Karnataka,
India: Status,
Performance, and
Change”,
Water Policy,
6(3): 161-183.
Saleth R. M., M.
Samad, D. Molden,
and I. Hussain,
(2003), “Water,
Poverty, Gender:
An Overview of
Issues and
Policy
Implications”,
Water Policy
(Special Issue)
5(5/6): 385-398.
Saleth R. M., R.
Namara, and M.
Samad, (2003),
“Dynamics of
Irrigation-Poverty
Linkages in
Rural India:
Analytical
Framework and
Empirical
Analysis”,
Water Policy
(Special Issue)
5(5/6): 459-473.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2002), “On-farm
Diversification:
Economic
Performance and
Employment
Prospects”,
Manpower Journal
(Special Issue
on Rural
Non-farm
Sector),
38(2&3): 53-72.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2001),
“Preconditions
for Market
Solution to
Urban Water
Scarcity:
Empirical
Results from
Hyderabad City,
India”, Water
Resources
Research,
37(1): 119-130.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2000),
“Institutional
Changes in
Global Water
Sector: Trends,
Patterns, and
Implications”,
Water Policy,
2(3): 175-199.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1999),
“Irrigation
Privatization in
India: Options,
Framework, and
Experience”,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
34(26): A86-A92.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1998),
“Diversification
Strategy for
Small Farmers
and Landless:
Some Evidence
from Tamil Nadu”,
Indian
Journal of
Agricultural
Economics,
52(1): 73-86.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997),
“Irrigation-Induced
Indirect
Employment
during Eighth
Plan: An
Estimation
Procedure with
Tentative
Estimates”,
Indian Journal
of Labour
Economics,
40(2): 279-288.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997), “Power
Tariff Policy
for Groundwater
Regulation:
Efficiency,
Equity, and
Sustainability”,
Artha Vignan,
34(3): 312-322.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997),
“Occupational
Diversification
among Rural
Groups: A Case
Study of Rural
Transformation
in Tamil Nadu”,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
32(30):
1908-1917.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1996), “Rural
Non-farm
Employment and
Income in Tamil
Nadu: A
Quantitative
Analysis at the
Household
Level”,
Indian Journal
of Labour
Economics,
39(2): 335-351.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994),
“Measuring
Sustainability
in a Regional
and
Resource-Specific
Context: The
Case of a
Groundwater
Aquifer System”,
Energy and
Environment
Monitor,
10(2): 147-160.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994),
“Groundwater
Markets in
India: A Legal
and
Institutional
Perspective”,
The Indian
Economic Review,
29(2): 157-176.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994), “Towards
a New Water
Institution:
Economics, Law,
and Policy”,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
29(39):
A147-A155.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1993), “Water
Rights System:
Is It Feasible
for India?”,
Journal of the
Indian School of
Political
Economy,
5(3): 578-594.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1993),
“Agricultural
Sustainability
Status of the
Agro-Climatic
Sub-Zones of
India: Empirical
Illustration of
an Indexing
Approach”,
Indian Journal
of Agricultural
Economics,
48(3): 543-550.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1993),
“Structural
Adjustment and
Child Welfare:
Scenarios,
Strategies, and
Options”,
IASSI Quarterly,
12(1&2):
137-152.
Saleth, R. M.,
and M. Thangaraj
(1993),
“Distribution
Pattern of Lift
Irrigation in
India: An
Analysis of the
Hydro-geological
Regions”,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
28(39):
A102-A110.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1992), “A Logit
Analysis of
Pumpset Rentals
in the Indo‑Gangetic
Region of
India”,
Journal of
Quantitative
Economics,
9(1): 183-197.
Saleth, R. M.,
J. B. Braden,
and J. W. Eheart,
(1991),
“Bargaining
Rules for a Thin
Spot Water
Market”, Land
Economics,
67(3): 326‑339.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1991), “Factors
Affecting
Farmers’
Decision to Buy
Groundwater:
Empirical
Evidence from
the Indo‑Gangetic
Region”,
Indian Journal
of Agricultural
Economics,
46(3): 349‑354.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1991), “Land
Reform under
Military:
Agrarian Reform
in Peru,
1969-78”,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
6(30):
PE85-PE92.
Contributions to
Edited Volumes
Saleth, R. M.,
(2009),
“Land-dominated
Approach to
Water Policy:
Influence,
Effects, and
Relevance”,
India
Infrastructure
Report-2009,
Oxford
University
Press, New
Delhi, pp.
Saleth, R.M.,
and Upali
Amarasinghe,
(2009),
“Promoting
Irrigation
Demand
Management in
India: Policy
Options and
Institutional
Requirements”,
in R. M. Saleth,
ed.,
Promoting
Irrigation
Demand
Management in
India:
Potentials,
Problems, and
Prospects,
Strategic
Analyses of the
National River
Linking Project
of India: Series
3,
International
Water Management
Institute,
Colombo, Sri
Lanka, pp. 1-25.
Saleth, R.M.,
Ariel Dinar, and
Susanne Neubert,
(2008),
“Evaluating the
Institution-Impact
Interactions in
the context of
the Millennium
Development
Goals:
Analytical
Framework with
Empirical
Results", in
Phoebe Koundouri,
ed., Coping
with Water
Deficiency: From
Research to
Policy Making,
Springer
Science,
Dordrecht,
Netherlands, pp.
189-212.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2007), “Water
Rights and
Entitlements”,
in John Briscoe
and R. P. S.,
Malik, eds.,
Handbook of
Water Resources
in India:
Development,
Management, and
Strategies,
World Bank and
Oxford
University
Press, New
Delhi, pp.
282-305.
Saleth, R. M.
and Meredith
Giordano,
(2006), “A
Decade of Water
Research at IWMI:
Insights and
Impacts”, in
Meredith
Giordano, Frank
Rijsberman, and
R. M. Saleth,
eds., More
Crop per Drop:
Revisiting a
Research
Paradigm,
IWA Publishing,
London, pp.
196-224.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2006),
“Understanding
Water
Institutions:
Structure,
Environment, and
Change Process”,
in Sylvain
Parret, Stefano
Farolfi, and
Rashid Hassan,
eds., Water
Governance for
Sustainable
Development:
Approaches and
Lessons from
Developing and
Transitional
Countries,
Earthscan,
London, pp.
3-20.
Saleth, R. M.
and G. S. Sastry,
(2006), “Water
Supply and
Sanitation in
Karnataka:
Status, Issues,
and Policy”, in
V. Ratna Reddy
and S. Mahendra
Dev, eds.,
Managing Water
Resources:
Policies,
Institutions,
and Technologies,
Oxford
University
Press, Delhi,
pp. 197-228.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2006), “Water
Institutional
Reforms in
Developing
Countries:
Insights,
Evidences, and
Case Studies” in
Ramon Lopez and
Michael Toman,
eds.,
Economic
Development and
Environmental
Sustainability:
New Policy
Options,
Oxford
University
Press, New York,
pp. 273-303.
Dinar, Ariel,
and R. M. Saleth,
(2005), “Issues
in Water Pricing
Reforms: From
Getting Correct
Prices to
Setting
Appropriate
Institutions” in
Tom Tietenberg
and Henk Folmer,
eds.,
International
Yearbook of
Environmental
and Resource
Economics,
New Horizons in
Environmental
Economics
Series, Volume
IX, Edward Elgar
Publishing Pvt.
Ltd.,
Cheltenham, UK,
pp. 1-51.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2005), “Water
Institutions in
India:
Structure,
Performance, and
Change”, in
Chennat
Gopalakrishnan,
Cecilia
Tortajada, and
Asit K. Biswas,
eds., Water
Institutions:
Policies,
Performance, and
Prospects,
Springer, New
York, pp: 47-80.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004),
"Agricultural
Strategy for a
Globalizing
Economy:
Continuity and
Change" in C.G.
Krishnaswamy,
S.R. Keshava,
and Ravi M.
Tirlapur,
eds., Better
Impression on
Globalization,
Department of
Post Graduate
Studies and
Research in
Economics,
Bangalore
University,
Bangalore, pp:
70-103.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004),
“Irrigation
Privatization in
India: Options,
Issues, and
Experiences”, in
H.P.M. Gunasena
and F. Niranjan,
eds.,
State-Private Sector Interface
in Agricultural
Development in
Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka
Council for
Agricultural
Research Policy,
Colombo, pp:
73-116.
Saleth, R. M.,
and G. S. Sastry,
(2003), “Subsidy
in Water Supply
and Sanitation
Sector of
Karnataka:
Magnitude,
Effects, and
Policy Issues”
in M. Govinda
Rao, ed.,
Volume and
Composition of
Budgetary
Subsidy in
Karnataka,
Social and
Economic Change
Monograph No: 1,
Institute for
Social and
Economic Change,
Bangalore, pp:
47-70.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2001), “Water
Pricing:
Potentials and
Problems” in
Mark Rosegrant
and Ruth Mainzen-Dick,
eds.,
Overcoming Water
Scarcity and
Quality
Constraints,
2020 Vision for
Food,
Agriculture, and
the Environment,
International
Food Policy
Research,
Washington, DC.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2000),
“Agricultural
Sustainability
Status of the
Agro-Climatic
Sub-Zones of
India: Empirical
Illustration of
an Indexing
Approach” in
Amitabh Shukla,
ed., Regional
Planning and
Sustainable
Development,
Kanishka
Publishers and
Distributors,
New Delhi, pp:
253-267.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2000),
“Introduction”
in R. M. Saleth,
ed., Water
Resources and
Economic
Development,
Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham (UK),
pp: vii-xxxii.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1998), “Water
Markets in
India: Economic
and
Institutional
Aspects” in
K. William
Easter, Mark W.
Rosegrant, and
Ariel Dinar,
eds., Markets
for Water:
Potential and
Performance,
Kluwer Academic
Press,
Connecticut, pp:
187-205.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997), “The
Case of India”
in Ariel
Dinar and Ashok
Subramanian,
eds., Water
Pricing
Experiences: An
International
Perspective,
Agriculture and
Natural
Resources
Department, The
World Bank,
Washington, DC.,
pp: 54-60.
Saleth, R. M.,
and M. S.
Swaminathan,
(1997),
“Sustainable
Livelihood
Security Index:
Towards a
Welfare Concept
and Robust
Indicator for
Sustainability”
in Anton
Moser, ed.,
Ecological
Sustainability
and
Biotechnology,
Inter-Science
Wiley, London.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997),
“National Policy
for a Water
Rights Regime:
Economic, Legal,
and
Institutional
Dimensions”
in N. S.
Randhawa and P.
B. S. Sharma,
eds.,
National Water
Policy:
Agricultural
Scientists’
Perception,
National Academy
of Agricultural
Sciences, New
Delhi, pp:
367-388.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997),
“Sustainable
Management of
Mangrove
Resources in
India:
Strategies and
Options” in
Anil Agarwal,
ed., The
Challenge of the
Balance:
Environmental
Economics in
India,
Centre for
Science and
Environment, New
Delhi, pp:
225-234.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1996),
“Diversification
as a Strategy
for Small Farm
Development:
Some Evidence
from Tamil Nadu”
in T.
Haque, ed.,
Small Farm
Diversification:
Potentials and
Problems,
National Council
for Agricultural
Economics and
Policy Research,
New Delhi, pp:
119-148.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1996), “Water
Economy: A
Review of
Issues” in Kripa
Shankar, ed.,
Review of Indian
Economy: 1995-96,
Arthik Anusandan
Kendra,
Allahabad, pp:
87-98.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1995), “Farm
Technologies and
Quality of Life:
An Empirical
Investigation in
the Context of
Rural India”
in Rajeshwar
Prasad, ed.,
Science,
Technology, and
Quality of Life,
Y. K.
Publishers,
Agra.
Saleth, R. M.,
and J. B.
Braden, (1995),
“Minimizing the
Potential
Distortions in a
Spot Water
Market: A
Multilateral
Bargaining
Approach” in
Ariel Dinar and
Edna Lohman,
eds., Water
Quantity/Quality
Disputes and
Their
Resolutions,
Praeger, New
York, pp:
385-397.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994),
“Groundwater
Markets in
India: A Legal
and
Institutional
Perspective”
in Marcus
Moench, ed.,
Selling Water:
Conceptual and
Policy Issues
over Groundwater
Market in India,
VIKSAT/Pacific
Institute/Natural
Heritage
Institute, San
Francisco, pp.
59-71.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1991),
“Sustainable
Management of a
Groundwater
Aquifer: Model
and Tools for
Measurement”
in Central
Board of
Irrigation and
Power,
Monitoring and
Management of
Ecological
Aspects of Water
Resources and
Power Projects,
CBIP Publication
No. 211, New
Delhi, pp.
68-87.
Saleth, R. M.,
and J. B.
Braden, (1990),
“Market
Mechanism for
Water
Allocation: A
Game-theoretic
Approach” in
P. A. Unger,
et al. eds.,
Challenges
for Dryland
Farming: A
Global
Perspective,
Texas
Agricultural
Experiment
Station, College
Station, Texas,
pp. 643-645.
Articles in
Magazines
Saleth, R. M.,
(1995),
“Sustainability:
Critical
Challenges”,
The Economic
Times,
January 3.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994), “India’s
Falling HDI:
Real or
Illusory?”,
Financial
Express,
January 4.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1993), “India’s
HDI Rank: Real
or Illusory?”,
The Economic
Times,
October 2.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1991), “Water
Resources as
Private Property
(Two Parts),
The Economic
Times, June
13-14.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1989), “Water
Markets: A New
Aspect in
Irrigation
Management”,
The Economic
Times,
September 1.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1984), “World
Food Problem:
Population,
Production, and
Policies”,
Detente,
5(4): 21-28.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1982), “Farm
Produce Prices:
The Mexican
Approach”,
The Economic
Times,
January 9.
Conference
Papers and
Proceedings
Saleth, R. M.,
Ariel Dinar, and
Susanne Neubert,
(2007),
“Evaluating
Institution-Impact
Interactions in
the Context of
Millennium
Development
Goals:
Analytical
Framework with
Empirical
Results”, Paper
presented in the
International
Seminar: Water
Management:
Technology,
Economics and
the Environment
organized by the
Fundacion Ramon
Areces in
Madrid, Spain
during January
19-20, 30pp.
Dinar, Ariel,
and R. M. Saleth,
(2005), “Can
Water
Institution be
Cured? A Water
Institutions
Health Index”,
IWA
International
Conference on
Water Economics,
Statistics, and
Finance,
Rethymno,
Greece, July
8-10, 20pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
A. Kadushkin,
and T. Ali,
(2005),
“Achieving MDGs
in Asia and the
Pacific: Role of
Water
Institutional
Changes”,
Presentation
made in the
Second Advisory
Panel Meeting on
the UNDP/UNESCAP
Project:
Supporting the
Achievement of
the Millennium
Development
Goals in Asia
and the Pacific
(Phase II),
UN ESCAP,
Bangkok,
Thailand, March
1-2, 10pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
A. Kadushkin,
and T. Ali,
(2005), “Water
Sector Reforms
for Realizing
the MDGs:
Conceptual Basis
and Evaluation
Framework”,
Invited paper
presented at the
Sixth Annual
Global
Development
Conference:
Developing and
Developed Worlds
Mutual Impact,
Dakar, Senegal,
January 24-26,
19pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2005), “Water
Rights and
Entitlements in
India”, Paper
presented at the
joint Government
of India and
World Bank
Seminar, New
Delhi, January
13, 39pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2004),
“Understanding
Institutions:
Structure,
Environment, and
Change Process”,
Keynote paper
presented at the
International
Workshop on
Water Resources
Management for
Local
Development:
Governance,
Institutions,
and Policies,
Loskop Dam,
South Africa,
November 8-10,
18pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2003),
“Institutional
Linkages,
Transaction
Costs, and Water
Institutional
Reforms:
Analytical
Approaches and
Anecdotal
Evidences”
Chapter paper
presented for
discussion in
the
Environmental
Economics Task
Force Meetings,
Columbia
University, New
York, October
10-11, 23pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2003), “Water
Institutions and
Sector
Performance: A
Subjective
Approach to
Institutional
Change”, Paper
presented in the
Workshop on:
Water Reforms,
Institutions'
Performance,
Allocation,
Pricing, and
Resource
Accounting
(Organized as
part of the 25th
Annual
Conference of
IAAE to be held
during August
16-22), Durban,
South Africa,
August 16, 30pp.
Dinar, Ariel and
R. M. Saleth,
(2003), “Water
Institutional
Health Index”,
Paper presented
in the Workshop
on: Water
Reforms,
Institutions'
Performance,
Allocation,
Pricing, and
Resource
Accounting
(Organized as
part of the 25th
Annual
Conference of
IAAE to be held
during August
16-22), Durban,
South Africa,
August 16, 34pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
and G. S. Sastry
(2003), “Subsidy
in Water Supply
and Sanitation
Sector of
Karnataka:
Magnitude,
Effects, and
Policy Issues”
Paper presented
in the National
Seminar on
Water, Centre
for Economic and
Social Studies,
Hyderabad, July
30-31, 27pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2003),
“Evaluating
Institutional
Changes: A
Subjective
Approach”, Paper
presented in the
Workshop on
Institutional
Issues in Water
Resource
Allocation:
Lessons from
Australia and
Implications for
India,
La Trobe
University,
Beechworth,
Victoria,
Australia, July
17-18.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2003),
“Alternative
Approach for
Institutional
Evaluation: A
Subjective
Theory of
Institutional
Change”, Seminar
Presentation at
the
International
Water Management
Institute,
Africa Regional
Office,
Pretoria, South
Africa, March
21.
Saleth, R. M.,
2002, “On-Farm
Diversification:
Economic
Performance and
Employment
Prospects”,
Theme Paper for
the Workshop on:
Employment in
the Rural
Non-farm Sector,
Institute for
Applied Manpower
Research, New
Delhi, March 25.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2001), “Private
Initiatives in
Irrigation
Sector”, Paper
presented in the
Workshop on
Private
Initiatives in
Agricultural
Services:
Emerging Issues
from Stakeholder
Studies,
Dutch Royal
Society for
Tropical
Agriculture and
Institute for
Applied Manpower
Research, New
Delhi, July
12-13.
Saleth, R. M.,
(2000), “Water
Resources
Management:
Economic, Legal,
and
Institutional
Issues”, Invited
paper for the
International
Conference on
Sustainable
Resource
Management for
Agricultural
Production in
the 21st Century,
New Delhi,
February-14-18.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(2000),
“Institution-Performance
Interaction
within Water
Sector:
Empirical
Results with
Cross-country
Data”, Paper
presented in the
World
Congress of
Environmental
and Resource
Economists,
Crete, Greece,
June 27-29,
30pp.
Saleth, R. M.
and Ariel Dinar,
(1998),
“Preconditions
for Market
Solution to
Urban Water
Scarcity:
Empirical
Results from
Hyderabad City,
India”, Paper
presented in the
World
Congress of
Environmental
and Resource
Economists,
Venice, Italy,
June 25-27,
35pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1997), “Water
Users’
Associations in
India:
Performance and
Problems”,
Invited paper
for the National
Conference on
Participatory
Irrigation
Management,
Ministry of
Water Resources,
New Delhi,
January 20-23,
10pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1994),
“Sustainable
Management of
Mangrove
Ecosystem:
Strategies and
Options”, Paper
presented in the
Seminar on
Environment and
Economics,
Centre for
Science and
Environment, New
Delhi, January
27-29.
Saleth, R. M.,
and M. S.
Swaminathan,
(1993),
“Sustainable
Livelihood
Security at the
Household Level:
Concept and
Evaluation
Methodology”,
Proceeding of
the
International
Dialogue on
Ecotechnology
and Rural
Employment,
Madras, April
12-15, pp.
105-122.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1993),
“Groundwater
Markets in
India: A Legal
and
Institutional
Perspective”,
Paper presented
in the Workshop
Water
Management:
India’s
Groundwater
Challenge,
Ahmedabad,
December 14-16,
24pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1992),
“Information: A
Key Input for
Sustainable
Development”,
Paper presented
in the
Inter-Disciplinary
Dialogue on
Information
Science and
Technology,
Madras, January
20-23, 14pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
and M. S.
Swaminathan,
(1992),
“Sustainable
Livelihood
Security Index:
A Litmus for
Sustainable
Development”,
Paper presented
in the United
Nations
University
Conference on
the Concept
and Measurement
of
Sustainability:
The Biophysical
Foundations,
World Bank,
Washington, DC,
June 22-25,
25pp.
Saleth, R. M.,
(1992), “Coping
with the Impact
of Structural
Adjustment on
Child Welfare in
India: Some
Strategies and
Options”,
Proceedings of
the Seminar on
Structural
Adjustment
Policy and the
Child in India,
Madras, December
23, pp. 46-61.
Saleth, R. M.,
and J. B.
Braden, (1988),
“Can a Water
Rights Market
Work with Few
Participants? A
Game‑theoretic
Analysis”, in
Abstracts: 24th
Annual Meeting
of the American
Water Resources
Association,
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin,
November 7‑11,
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