Can Informal Water Vendors Deliver on the Promise of A Human Right to Water? Results From Cochabamba, Bolivia

World Development

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-24

  Wutich, Amber ^a   Beresford, Melissa ^a   Carvajal, Cinthia ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Informal economy; Informality; Unions; Vendors; Water

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMAL SECTOR; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETAILING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WATER ECONOMICS;

BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA [BOLIVIA]; COCHABAMBA [COCHABAMBA (DPR)];

EID: 84947996122     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.043     Document Type: Article

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