Participation as citizenship or payment? A case study of rural drinking water governance in Mali

Water Alternatives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-71

  Jones, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Governance; Mali; Participation; Rural water supply

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MALI;

EID: 79551667275     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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