A proposal for social pricing of water supply in Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Diakité, Daouda ^a   Semenov, Aggey ^b   Thomas, Alban ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C33; I38; Multi block tariff; O13; Q25; Residential water supply; Social pricing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; MONOPOLY; PANEL DATA; PRICING POLICY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 56349145710     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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