Bearing the cost: An examination of the gendered impacts of water policy reform in malawi

Rural Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-173

  Marra, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Malawi; Rural development; Water insecurity; Water law reform; Water policy; Water pricing; Water privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949105376     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.18.3.161     Document Type: Article

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