Water for all: How to combine public management with commercial practice for the benefit of the poor?

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1559-1579

  Gilbert, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PRICING POLICY; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547544484     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701373461     Document Type: Article

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