Does basic services privatisation benefit the urban poor? Some evidence from water supply privatisation in Thailand

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2301-2327

  Zaki, Saeed ^a   Amin, A T M Nurul ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 70349646126     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009342902     Document Type: Article

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