The reform of public water utilities: Successful utility reform efforts as punctuated equilibria

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-412

  Schwartz, Klaas ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Public water utilities; Utility reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249143011     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.062     Document Type: Article

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