The role of productive water use in women's livelihoods: Evidence from rural Senegal

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-677

  Van Houweling, Emily ^a   Hall, Ralph P ^a   Diop, Aissatou Sakho ^b   Davis, Jennifer ^c   Seiss, Mark ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEV ic   (Senegal)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic plus; Multiple use water services; Senegal; Water supply; Women

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

SENEGAL;

EID: 84871430964     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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