Water and sanitation economics: Reflections on application to developing economies

Handbook of Water Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 469-499

  Whittington, Dale ^a,b   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economists   (United States)

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EID: 84957974401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782549666.00036     Document Type: Chapter

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