Evaluating increasing block tariff pricing policies when applied to multiple household connections

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 748-762

  Donkor, Emmanuel A ^a,b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Ghana; Increasing block tariffs; Multiple households; Shared connections; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649740279     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2010.533346     Document Type: Article

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