Water pricing reform, economic welfare and inequality

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 354-378

  Moilanen, Mikko ^a   Schulz, Carl Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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EID: 33749576275     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v5i2.2680     Document Type: Note

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