Monitoring for learning and developing capacities in the WASH sector

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 206-225

  Da Silva Wells, Carmen ^a   Van Lieshout, René ^a   Uytewaal, Erma ^a  

^a IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Capacity; Learning; Monitoring; National sector reviews; Qualitative information system; WASH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885410910     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.120     Document Type: Article

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