Water sector performance under scarcity conditions: A case study of Rajasthan, India

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-778

  Reddy, V Ratna ^a  

^a Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Equity; Expenditure gap; India; Performance; Policy; Price gap; Rajasthan; Scarcity; Water sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958087106     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.135     Document Type: Article

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