Utility - Small water enterprise partnerships: Serving informal urban settlements in Africa

Water Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-452

  Njiru, Cyrus ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informal urban settlements; Partnerships; Small water enterprises; Urban water supply; Water services; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844280083     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2004.0029     Document Type: Article

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