Privatizing water and wastewater in developing countries: Assessing the 1990s' experiments

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-344

  Braadbaart, Okke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Concessions; Contracts; Latin America; Privatization; Public private partnerships; Wastewater; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444433038     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0021     Document Type: Review

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