Household demand for improved water supply services in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Gebreegziabher, Kinfe ^a   Tadesse, Tewodros ^a,b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Contingent valuation method (CVM); Heckman model; Mekelle; Water service; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751493840     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.095     Document Type: Article

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