Institutional challenges in water supply and sanitation in Pakistan: Revealing the gap between national policy and local experience

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 582-597

  Nawaba, Bahadar ^a   Nyborgb, Ingrid L P ^b  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actors' perceptions; Local practices; Service provision; Water and sanitation institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149133438     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.201     Document Type: Article

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