Who pays the most for water? Alternative providers and service costs in Niger

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Wodon, Quentin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 55849120199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15452921     Source Type: Journal    
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