Water policy and water markets : selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's Ninth Annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar held in Annapolis, Maryland, December 8-10, 1992

This volume presents selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's Ninth annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar held December 8 - 10 in Annapolis, Maryland. The volume has three Sections. Section I (Water Policy) has the text of a keystone address on water issues in the Middle East and North Africa plus portions of the executive summary of the World Bank's 1993 water resources policy paper and a paper emphasizing the use of a model to influence policy decisions in China's Yellow River Basin. Section II (Irrigation and Drainage) reviews the World Bank's irrigation and drainage experience and the attitudes of water resources professionals towards problems in this area. Section III (Water Markets) contains seven papers on general aspects of water markets, observations on their suitability for several regions of the world, and case studies including Chile, the western United States, Mexico, and Spain. Examines how educational development happens. It analyzes the actions of policymakers and the decisions they make regarding educational change. This book examines how educational development happens. It analyzes the actions of policymakers and the decisions they make regarding educational change. Part one presents a framework for education policy analysis in which the authors propose a model of policymaking. In part two, the framework is used in the analysis of decisionmaking in Burkina Faso, Jordan, Peru, and Thailand. Finally, part three reviews the lessons learned from applying the framework to the various case studies and discusses factors that contribute to successful policymaking. This study is a valuable reference for both the student of policy analysis and the development practitioner