Power dynamics and water reform in the Zimbabwean context: Implications for the poor

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-527

  Mapedza, Everisto ^a   Geheb, Kim ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decentralization; Equity; Poor; Power; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957554790     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.141     Document Type: Article

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