Conflict resolution: benchmarking water utility performance
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Conflict Resolution : Benchmarking Water Utility Performance
The water sector has economic and symbolic importance for citizens in developing countries. Water utility benchmarking is no panacea for improving water sector performance. Nevertheless, it can contribute to addressing four sources of conflict in the design and implementation of policies: cognitive conflicts (based on technical disagreements regarding how data might be analyzed and interpreted)...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Administration and Development
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0271-2075,1099-162X
DOI: 10.1002/pad.437