Using internal incentive contracts to improve water utility performance: The case of Uganda's NWSC

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Mugisha, Silver ^a   Berg, Sanford V ^b   Muhairwe, William T ^a  

^a National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Incentives; Performance; Uganda; Water utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250323557     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.010     Document Type: Article

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