Sustaining the benefits of rural water supply investments: Experience from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Davis, Jennifer ^a   Lukacs, Heather ^a   Jeuland, Marc ^b,e   Alvestegui, Alfonso ^a,c   Soto, Betty ^a,d   Lizárraga, Gloria ^a,d   Bakalian, Alex ^a,d   Wakeman, Wendy ^d,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IMPACTO ^*

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f Urbanizacion Flor de Irpavi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

COST TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING-ORIENTED; PROJECT DESIGNS; RURAL WATER SUPPLIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM OPERATORS; TRAINING WORKSHOPS; USER SATISFACTIONS; WATER SYSTEMS;

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INVESTMENT; RURAL AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

BOLIVIA; CHUQUISACA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 59649096497     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006550     Document Type: Article

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