Editorial: GATS and development: The case of the water sector

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Brown, Ed ^a   Cloke, Jonathan ^a   Ali, Mansoor ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Practical Action   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 46249105842     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340700800101     Document Type: Editorial

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