Water reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: What is the difference?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 28, Issue 20-27, 2003, Pages 1047-1053

  Van Koppen, Barbara ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Customary arrangements; Economic growth; Integrated water resources management; Poverty; Water pricing; Water reform; Water rights; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

WATER REFORM;

WATER RESOURCES;

POLICY REFORM; POVERTY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0141975721     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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