Influence of privatization of water delivery on access to the right to water in Kenya

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-219

  Van De Loo, Elsa ^a,b  

^a University of Applied Science   (Netherlands)

^b Foundation Rombo   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Abuja ministerial declaration onwater; Covenant on economic; Human rights; New partnership for Africa's development (NEPAD); Privatization and commercialization; Social and cultural rights; Universal declaration of human rights; Water act 2002; Water rights; World water protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954997906     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.071     Document Type: Article

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