Public service provision under conditions of insufficient citizen demand: Insights from the urban sanitation sector in indonesia

World Development

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-42

  Winters, Matthew S ^a   Karim, Abdul Gaffar ^b   Martawardaya, Berly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Indonesia; Local government; Public service provision; Southeast Asia; Wastewater sanitation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; SANITATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84897550513     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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