Redistributive impact of increasing block residential water rates: Some empirical evidence from Mauritius

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-489

  Madhoo, Yeti Nisha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Incidence analysis; Increasing block rates; Mauritius; Redistributive policies; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051482450     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.053     Document Type: Review

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