Water and poverty alleviation: The role of investments and policy interventions

Water Crisis: Myth or Reality Marcelino Botin Water Forum 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 197-219

  Bhatia, R ^a   Bhatia, M ^b  

^a Resources and Environment Group   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation in water and sanitation; Flexible water management; Impact of dams; Targeted subsidies; Water and poverty; Water rights

Indexed keywords

CHECK DAM; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COST RECOVERY; CROSS SUBSIDY; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; FULL COSTS; HYDROPOWER DAMS; POLICY INTERVENTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC FUNDS; RURAL WATER SUPPLY; SCALING-UP; TARGETED SUBSIDIES; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER RIGHTS;

DEPRECIATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 34247223813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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