Paradoxes of Decentralization: Water Reform and Social Implications in Mexico

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1977-1995

  Wilder, Margaret ^a   Romero Lankao, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

decentralization; ejido; Latin America; Mexico; privatization; urban; water

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33749519369     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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