Community Organized Household Water Increases Not Only Rural incomes, but Also Men's Work

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 528-541

  Crow, Ben ^a   Swallow, Brent ^b   Asamba, Isabella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Collective action; Gender; Impact assessment; Kenya; Lake Victoria; Water management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; GENDER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 84856342759     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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