Urban water sector performance in Africa: A step-wise bias-corrected efficiency and effectiveness analysis

Utilities Policy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-40

  Mbuvi, Dorcas ^a   De Witte, Kristof ^a,b   Perelman, Sergio ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Benchmarking; Double bootstrap; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BOOTSTRAPPING; DRINKING WATER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; URBAN AREA; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84862135033     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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