Determinants of Performance of Community-Based Drinking Water Organizations

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1663-1675

  Madrigal, Róger ^a   Alpízar, Francisco ^a   Schlüter, Achim ^b  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central america; Common pool resources; Costa rica; Institutions; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79961167863     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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