Exit the State: Decentralization and the Need for Local Social, Political, and Economic Considerations in Water Resource Allocation in Madagascar and Kenya1

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-45

  Marcus, Richard R ^a   Onjala, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Decentralization; Governance; Kenya; Madagascar; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045159576     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880701811385     Document Type: Article

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