Does User Participation Lead to Sense of Ownership for Rural Water Systems? Evidence from Kenya

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1569-1576

  Marks, Sara J ^a   Davis, Jennifer ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Demand responsive planning; Kenya; Rural water supply; Sense of ownership

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; OWNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA;

EID: 84861728185     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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