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to encourage local service providers to adopt policies and business models that are genuinely sustainable and pro-poor. This Discussion Paper is co-published by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), as a background

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The purpose of this paper is twofold. We rst develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules of redistribution is explained without any recourse to the risk-aversion of individuals. Hence, we depart from the standard legitimization of redistribution as fundamental insurance

WELL- BEING Subjective Well-Being has increasingly been studied by several economists. This paper fits in that literature but takes into account that there are different aspects of life such as health, financial situation, and job. We call them domains. In this paper, we consider Subjective Well