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 …

towards China's decentralization of environment policy implementation as well as its fiscal arrangements. …

Since the inception of economic reforms, China in 1978 and Vietnam in 1986, both countries have become successful … between China and Vietnam?" through a comparative study of the FDI determinants. In other words, this paper revisits the … determinants of FDI into China and Vietnam by employing an augmented gravity model and using a panel dataset containing information …

R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …

rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a …