Financing of urban services in India: a case for appropriate pricing and cost recovery

Habitat International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-502

  Mehta, Dinesh ^a   Pathak, Pushpa ^b,c  

^a South East Asia Regional Office   (India)

^b Urban and Regional Planning   (India)

^c India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; LIBERALIZATION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SERVICE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032428905     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(98)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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