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Citizens’ Willingness to Pay for Improved Sustainable Water Supply in a Medium-Sized City in South Western Nigeria
A.E. Olajuyigbe and J.O. Fasakin
Corresponding Author: Ayo Emmanuel Olajuyigbe
Submitted: 2009 April, 24
Accepted: 2010 February, 11
Published: 2010 March, 10 |
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Willingness to pay for urban services is often regarded as a means of ensuring the long term
sustainability of such services. This paper examined some factors that explain citizens’ willingness to pay for
improved sustainable water supply in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Such analysis is critical to the success of the
government current drive on privatization and divestment on infrastructural financing. Empirical estimates show
that factors that significantly affect willingness to pay for improved sustainable w ater supply include; main
source of domestic water used by household, access to improved source of w ater, distance from main source
to house, average time spent to fetch from main source, adequacy of supply from main source, quantity of water
used per person per day, quantity of water purchased per day, attack by water borne diseases, performance of
supply from designated w ater institution and average amount spent on water during the dry season. Some
policy implications of findings are discussed.
Key words: Medium-sized city, water commercialization plan, willingness to pay, , , ,
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A.E. Olajuyigbe and J.O. Fasakin, . Citizens’ Willingness to Pay for Improved Sustainable Water Supply in a Medium-Sized City in South Western Nigeria. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): Page No: 41-50.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
ISSN (Print): 2041-3238 |
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