Civil society: A revived mantra in the development discourse

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-101

  Suleiman, Lina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accra; Civil society; Governance; Private; Public; Water utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751523418     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.087     Document Type: Article

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