Microfinance partnerships to improve access to durable water filters: Results from six pilots in India and Cambodia

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 699-708

  Blanton, Elizabeth M ^a   Chankova, Slavea ^b   Ganesan, Ramakrishnan ^b   Elliott, Tim ^a   Dargan, Tanya ^c   Goodyear, Lorelei L ^a  

^a Safe Water Project Technology Solutions   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Department of Maternal   (India)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Household water filters; HWTS; India; Microfinance; Monitoring and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919785383     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2014.106     Document Type: Article

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