The impact of the water rights system on smallholder irrigators' willingness to pay for water in Limpopo province, South Africa

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-483

  Speelman, Stijn ^a   Farolfi, Stefano ^b   Frija, Aymen ^a   D'Haese, Marijke ^a   D'Haese, Luc ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 77955778908     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X10000161     Document Type: Article

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