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- Title: Poverty Status and Willingness to Pay for Local Public Services (Report)
- Author : Public Administration Quarterly
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 308 KB
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INTRODUCTION The myth that the poor are unable to pay for fundamental services such as water and electricity continues to plague and hinder expanded coverage to poor communities in and around most cities. The poor do pay, and often pay more than if they were formally connected to city services. To overcome this myth and increase the poor's access to basic services, city governments should identify the needs and demands of the community, including residents and businesses. Governments often justify their use of universal subsidies by stating that subsidized services will help the poorest. However, it is exactly because services are subsidized for everyone, including those who easily could pay, that service providers do not recuperate sufficient costs to be able to expand and improve service networks in poorer areas. (USAID 2002).