Willingness to pay for water in secondary cities: do poverty and negative experiences matter?

Giuseppe Tesoriere and Raffaele Scuderi

Development in Practice, 2023, vol. 33, issue 8, 887-898

Abstract: This study explores poverty dimensions and negative experiences of households living in secondary cities of Kenya with the aim of understanding the determinants of the willingness to pay to access water services. Our findings suggest that negative experiences of households related to poor access to water, like water crises, water borne diseases, and daily time to fetch water, seem to play an important role. Conversely, poverty dimensions are not necessarily influential. More specifically, while daily income of the household is an important factor, other variables, namely, education, food shortages, and access to information do not have significant effects. Our evidence suggests that to raise the awareness of this public good’s value, local governments should focus on improving citizens’ information especially in poor areas, as well as the ability to pay.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2022.2141198

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