Evolving policies and the roles of public and private stakeholders in wastewater and faecal-sludge management in India, China and Ghana

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-504

  Murray, Ashley ^a   Mekala, Gayathri Devi ^b   Chen, Xia ^c  

^a IWMI   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Public private partnerships; Sanitation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051633709     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.594868     Document Type: Article

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