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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Autores: Dagdeviren, Hulya, Hailu, Degol
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
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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. (...)