TY - BOOK AU - Sridhar, Kala Seetharam TI - Costs and challenges of local urban services: : evidence from India's cities SN - 9780198060840 U1 - 363.60954 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford Univ. Press KW - PL N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Sampling And Methodology for Marginal Cost Estimation of Water Supply -- 3. Data Sources and Variable Definitions -- 4. Findings from Data on Water Supply -- 5. Instruments and Methods of Water Pricing -- 6. Solid Waste Management -- 7. Other Services -- 8. Urban Reforms-A Case Study of Ludhiana -- 9. Urban Reforms in Rajkot -- 10. . Summary and Conclusions; References N2 - This study examines the provision of infrastructure in India's urban areas by examining the costs of providing these services. It analyses the challenges in reform of service delivery in the context of developing countries ER -