In this paper, we aim to assess the relationship between water and sanitation coverage and saved infant lives. Our …

come from the water sector. …

mutations in space and time, which impact on the degree of satisfaction of water needs in the world, and which call for a new … analysis of the water issue. This new perspective, in this context of increased uncertainties, means that this has to be put … into question. It involves, first, to have understood and assimilated the crucial role played by water in its natural …

This paper is based on fieldwork on the small-scale water providers in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. It tries to … explain why small-scale water providers have appeared there, what type of service they provide and why they have succeeded …, where the municipalities have failed. The objective is to examine to what extent small-scale water providers activities are …

Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous … lead to the deterioration of the water service in the city. In the meantime, the water demand has considerably increased … due to the improvement of standards of living. This has resulted in an increasing pressure on underground water resources …

the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in this indeterminacy. Mobilising the analytical tools of …

This paper analyses the expansion of China's clothing industry in world textile value chains. Using data from … interviews and observations throughout factory visits in China and other countries we show how private Guangdong entrepreneurs … started China's clothing manufacturing. Lacking experience in consumer markets and designing, original equipment manufacturing …

has accelerated China's urbanisation. Other factors of this massive urbanisation include the improvement of transport … infrastructures and the transformation of China's industries. The reform of the tax system between central and local authorities in … introduces the possible strategies China may adopt for the development of its cities. The objective of these policies will be …