Municipal water pricing and tariff design: A reform agenda for South Asia

Water Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-76

  Whittington, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Increasing block tariffs; Pro poor policies; Seasonal tariffs; Subsidies; Tariff designs; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037242614     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2003.0003     Document Type: Article

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