 A Global Assessment of Non-Tariff Customer Assistance Programs in Water Supply and SanitationJoseph Cook (), Dale Whittington, David Fuente and Michael Matichich No 19-4, EfD Discussion Paper from Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg Abstract: A key strategy for adapting to changing water availability and rapid urbanization is a move towards full cost recovery tariffs for water and sanitation services. Because these services are substantially underpriced in most places, this strategy implies that careful attention must be directed at programs to help the poor manage water affordability. In this paper, we systematize these “customer assistance programs” (CAPs) by defining their major elements and develop a typology that highlights the connection between CAPs and water scarcity. We then present a broad review of evaluations and case studies of CAPs from both industrialized countries and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although several researchers have documented that increasing block tariffs are a poor targeting mechanism for directing subsidies to the poor, there are relatively few careful evaluations of “non-tariff” CAPs, including subsidies to connect households to the network. Keywords: tariff; water; sanitation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:gunefd:2019_004 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in EfD Discussion Paper from Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg |
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