The persistence of informality: Small-scale water providers in manila's post-privatisation era

Water Alternatives

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-71

  Cheng, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informality; Manila; Privatisation; Small scale water providers; Urban water utilities

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INFORMAL SECTOR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERSISTENCE; PRIVATIZATION; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84896850189     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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