Estimating rural households' willingness to pay for water supply improvements: A Benin case study using a semi-nonparametric bivariate probit approach

Water International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-304

  Arouna, Aminou ^a   Dabbert, Stephan ^b  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin; Rural water supply; semi nonparametric bivariate probit; Sub Saharan Africa; sustainability; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862275013     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.687507     Document Type: Article

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