Implicit water pricing in Namibian farmland markets

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-645

  Stage, Jesper ^a   Williams, Rick ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Development Economist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; PRICING POLICY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742305016     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000149270     Document Type: Article

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