Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger

Despite water being subsidized in most developing countries, poorer households end up paying more per unit of consumption because they are generally not connected to the network and, as a result, are forced to buy water from public fountains or street vendors at a higher price. In this note, we use...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bardasi, Elena, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5023

id	okr-10986-5023
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-50232021-04-23T14:02:20Z Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger Bardasi, Elena Wodon, Quentin Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Despite water being subsidized in most developing countries, poorer households end up paying more per unit of consumption because they are generally not connected to the network and, as a result, are forced to buy water from public fountains or street vendors at a higher price. In this note, we use a unique survey of Niamey households including information on water consumption and expenditure from different sources to estimate unit costs of service provision for water, looking at differences in costs according to both service provider and household poverty status. Our results indicate that the poor pay much higher unit prices for the water they consume than better off households who are connected to the network. 2012-03-30T07:30:54Z 2012-03-30T07:30:54Z 2008 Journal Article Economics Bulletin http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5023 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Niger
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	EN
topic	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250
spellingShingle	Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Bardasi, Elena Wodon, Quentin Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
geographic_facet	Niger
relation	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description	Despite water being subsidized in most developing countries, poorer households end up paying more per unit of consumption because they are generally not connected to the network and, as a result, are forced to buy water from public fountains or street vendors at a higher price. In this note, we use a unique survey of Niamey households including information on water consumption and expenditure from different sources to estimate unit costs of service provision for water, looking at differences in costs according to both service provider and household poverty status. Our results indicate that the poor pay much higher unit prices for the water they consume than better off households who are connected to the network.
format	Journal Article
author	Bardasi, Elena Wodon, Quentin
author_facet	Bardasi, Elena Wodon, Quentin
author_sort	Bardasi, Elena
title	Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
title_short	Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
title_full	Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
title_fullStr	Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
title_full_unstemmed	Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger
title_sort	who pays the most for water? alternative providers and service costs in niger
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5023
_version_	1764393639302135808

Who Pays the Most for Water? Alternative Providers and Service Costs in Niger

Similar Items