Privatization and Renationalization: What Went Wrong in Bolivia's Water Sector?

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2564-2577

  Hailu, Degol ^a   Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro ^b   Tsukada, Raquel ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^c Secretariat of Strategic Affairs   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Latin America; MDGs; Poverty; Privatization; Water

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIVATIZATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WATER INDUSTRY;

BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; COCHABAMBA [COCHABAMBA (DPR)]; EL ALTO; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; LA PAZ [LA PAZ (DPR)]; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SANTA CRUZ [SANTA CRUZ (DPR)];

EID: 84869080543     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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