Effects of incentive applications on technical efficiencies: Empirical evidence from Ugandan water utilities

Utilities Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Mugisha, Silver ^a  

^a Institutional Development and External Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Incentive applications; Input distance stochastic frontier analysis; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34548817303     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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