Challenges for water sector reform in transition economies

Water Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 381-395

  Davis, Jennifer ^a   Whittington, Dale ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Infrastructure; Odessa; Pricing; Ukraine; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842691216     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2004.0025     Document Type: Article

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