Assessing access to safe water and monitoring progress on MDG7 target 10 (access to safe water and basic sanitation): Lessons from Kazakhstan

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  O'Hara, Sarah ^a   Hannan, Tim ^b   Genina, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNDP ^*  (Canada)

^c UNDP   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Kazakhstan; Millennium development goals; Water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949101105     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.063     Document Type: Article

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