Political Economy of Water and Sanitation

Zusammenfassung Advances in human development are closely linked to increasing access to water and sanitation (WS) services in developing countries. Utilizing data from 69 nations, Krause argues that the level of democratic governance has a statistically significant positive impact on access to WS services, from influencing policy-making to managing providers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Normative and problem-oriented framework for assessing WS policies 3. Political-economic framework for analysing the relation between governance and the provision of WS services 4. Political governance and access to WS services: A cross-country regression analysis 5. The role of governance and PSP for the provision of WS services: Case study on Colombia 6. Summary and conclusions. Appendix.

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• Authors: Matthias Krause, Matthias (Inter-American Development Bank Krause, Krause Matthias, Matthias Krause
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780415994897
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99489-7
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society; Routledge Studies in Development and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Energiewirtschaft und Versorgungsunternehmen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Environmental Management, Human Geography, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies