Water operator partnerships and institutional capacity development for urban water supply

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 165-182

  Breeveld, Richenel ^a   Hermans, Leon ^a   Veenstra, Siemen ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Vitens Evides International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Game theory; Institutional analysis and development framework; Institutional capacity development; Policy transfer; Urban water supply; Water operator partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885391518     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.018     Document Type: Article

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