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Chapter 10 - Where is the Toilet Please?

The Sanitation Sectoral Innovation System in Rural India1

from III - Innovations for inclusive development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2014

By
Shyama V. Ramani  and
Shuan Sadre Ghazi
Edited by
Shyama V. Ramani
Shyama V. Ramani
Affiliation:
United Nations University, Tokyo
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Innovation in India
Combining Economic Growth with Inclusive Development
 , pp. 310 - 337
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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