Pump-Priming Payments for Sustainable Water Services in Rural Africa

Johanna Koehler, Patrick Thomson and Robert Hope

World Development, 2015, vol. 74, issue C, 397-411

Abstract: Locally managed handpumps provide water services to around 200million people in rural Africa. Handpump failures often result in extended service disruption leading to high but avoidable financial, health, and development costs. Using unique observational data from monitoring handpump usage in rural Kenya, we evaluate how dramatic improvements in maintenance services influence payment preferences across institutional, operational, and geographic factors. Public goods theory is applied to examine new institutional forms of handpump management. Results reveal steps to enhance rural water supply sustainability by pooling maintenance and financial risks at scale supported by advances in monitoring and payment technologies.

Keywords: drinking water security; handpumps; public goods; payment behavior; Africa; Kenya (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.020

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