Tariff Hikes with Low Investment: The Story of the Urban Water Sector in Zambia
According to current estimates, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the 1.1 billion people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 will only be achieved by 2040, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Why will it take this long? Because tariffs are unaffordable and investments in...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15761 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15761 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Tariff Hikes Low Investment Story Urban Water Sector Zambia |
| Resumo: | According to current estimates, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the 1.1 billion people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 will only be achieved by 2040, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Why will it take this long? Because tariffs are unaffordable and investments in infrastructure are extremely low. (...) |
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