Water, health, and the commodification debate

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-464

  Bond, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

commodification; conditionalities; health; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649395284     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: 15528502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613410375056     Document Type: Article

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