Water as a political good: Implications for investments

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-421

  Schouten, Marco ^a   Schwartz, Klaas ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Investment; Politics; Water supply and sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032458914     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-006-9013-3     Document Type: Article

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