Municipal water services in Guatemala: Exploring official perceptions

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-374

  Vásquez, William F ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Municipal water services; Official opinion; Semi structured interviews; Water institutions; Water policy; Water system reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958745493     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.211     Document Type: Article

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