Willingness to pay to improve urban water supply: The case of Sucre, Bolivia

Water Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-125

  Del Saz Salazar, Salvador ^a   González Gómez, Francisco ^b,c   Guardiola, Jorge ^b,c  

^a Polibienestar Research Institute   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Contingent valuation method; Sucre; Urban water management; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922889106     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.195     Document Type: Article

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