Managing water as an economic good: Rules for reformers

Water Supply

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 153-172

  Briscoe, J ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Managing transitions; Politics; Strategy; Water markets; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MARKET; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT APPROACH; REFORM PROCESS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MARKET; POLITICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031463602     PISSN: 07351917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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