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Affordability of basic services under conditions of extreme inequality
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:07 authored by Anna Matros-Goreses, Richard Franceys, Paul TrawickCurrently Namibia is ranked as the country with the most skewed distribution of income and the driest in
the region. The paper examines the affordability of water and sanitation services for urban users, especially
the poor, based on the perceptions of the water users, towards the price and type of water and sanitation
services rendered in Windhoek (capital of Namibia). Results indicated that the an orderly way of addressing
differential services based on income levels, facilitates the reallocation and upgrading of affordable services,
especially for the urban poor and instils a sense of payment for services and empowerment to strive for
improved standards of living. There are no formal cross-subsidy policies in place for the urban domestic
water sector; hence the results indicate that a proper price-setting process involving cross-subsidizing tariffs
should be put in place to cater for all urban needs.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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MATROS-GORESES, A. ... et al, 2008. Affordability of basic services under conditions of extreme inequality. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 295-301.Publisher
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This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:10109Language
- en
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