Privatisation of urban water service provision: The Kenyan experiment

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-324

  K'Akumu, O A ^a   Appida, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Commercialisation; Kenya; Privatisation; Urban areas; Water and sanitation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746921165     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2006.044     Document Type: Article

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