Title | Services and supply chains : the role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Bayliss, K, Tukai, R |
Pagination | vi, 40 p.; 5 tab.; 2 fig. |
Date Published | 2011-10-01 |
Publisher | UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) |
Place Published | New York, NY, USA |
Keywords | access to water, case studies, private sector, safe water supply, tanzania dar es salaam, water supply, water vendors |
Abstract |
Private water vendors provide a means by which households without an individual piped connection to the utility network access water across Tanzania’s capital city—Dar es Salaam. Perhaps surprisingly, the most expensive water originates from a public utility tap. This is because the water is transported by vendors, and the long supply chain translates into substantial mark-up on price. In terms of quality, users of transported water cannot |
Notes | With bibliography on p. 39 - 40. |
Custom 1 | 260 |