Water Communities in the Republic of Macedonia: An Empirical Analysis of Membership Satisfaction and Payment Behavior

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1951-1963

  Gorton, Matthew ^a   Sauer, Johannes ^b   Peshevski, Mile ^c   Bosev, Dane ^c   Shekerinov, Darko ^c   Quarrie, Steve ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

irrigation; Macedonia; self management; Water User Associations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449530741     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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