Cost recovery in the water supply and sanitation sector: A case of competing policy objectives?

Utilities Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-141

  François, Delphine ^a,b   Correljé, Aad F ^a   Groenewegen, John P M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE; PRICING POLICY; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77956344682     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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