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Households Willingness to Pay for Improved Urban Solid Waste Management: The Case of Mekelle City, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of Economics

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Title Households Willingness to Pay for Improved Urban Solid Waste Management: The Case of Mekelle City, Ethiopia
 
Creator Hagos, D
Mekonnen, A
Gebreegziabher, Z
 
Description Cities in developing countries experiencing rapid urbanization and population growth too often lack the financial resources and institutional capacity to provide needed municipal infrastructure for adequate solid waste management, despite citizens’ demand for it. This paper uses a cross-sectional survey of 226 randomly selected households in Mekelle city, Ethiopia, to assess the current municipal sanitary fees and the willingness to pay (WTP) of residents for improved urban waste management, and suggest mechanisms for cost recovery. We used Tobit and probit models in the empirical analysis to determine the factors that influence households’ WTP for improved solid waste management. Results reveal that residents’ WTP for improved solid waste management is significantly related to income and awareness of environmental quality, among other factors. The results suggest that the current city fee for sanitation is far below the WTP of the residents. The mean WTP we found can be a guide for municipal officials in setting a more appropriate fee that can finance improvements in city solid waste management, where all households receive collection services, waste is disposed of properly, and recycling features are added.Keywords: Urban waste management, willingness to pay, cost recovery, Ethiopia, citiesJEL Classification: D13, Q51, Q53
 
Publisher Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA), 1997
 
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Date 2015-04-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/116173
10.4314/eje.v22i1.
 
Source Ethiopian Journal of Economics; Vol 22, No 1 (2013); 107-138
1993-3681
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/116173/105703
 
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