Water and sanitation for all? Rural versus urban provision

International Journal of Services, Economics and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-370

  Wolf, Susanna ^a  

^a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

corruption; decentralisation; finance; public service delivery; rural areas; sanitation; urban areas; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892669464     PISSN: 17530822     EISSN: 17530830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSEM.2009.024841     Document Type: Article

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