Water expansions in shantytowns: Health and savings

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 304, 2009, Pages 607-622

  Galiani, Sebastian ^a   Gonzalez Rozada, Martin ^b   Schargrodsky, Ernesto ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349506015     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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