Water reforms in developing countries: Management transfers, private operators and water markets

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-589

  Zekri, Slim ^a   Easter, K William ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Privatization; Water associations; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349012176     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.127     Document Type: Article

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