Costs and Willingness to Pay for Pit Latrine Emptying Services in Kigali, Rwanda.

ABSTRACT: Kigali, Rwanda lacks a centralized sewer system, which leaves residents to choose between on-site options; the majority of residents in informal settlements use pit latrines as their primary form of sanitation. When their pits fill, the pits are either sealed, or emptied; emptying is often done by hand and then dumped in the environment, putting the residents and the broader population at risk of infectious disease outbreaks. In this paper, we used revealed and stated preference models to: (1) estimate the demand curve for improved emptying services; and, (2) evaluate household preferences and the willingness to pay (WTP) for different attributes of improved emptying services. We also quantify the costs of improved service delivery at different scales of production. The study included 1167

SUBMITTER: Burt Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6926954 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature