Household's Willingness to pay for Improved Solid Waste Collection Services in Kampala City, Uganda

Banga, M

Household's Willingness to pay for Improved Solid Waste Collection Services in Kampala City, Uganda - Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam University Press 2011 - 31p.:ill.

This Study identifies the determinants of households's willingness to pay for an improvement in solid waste collection services basing on 381 households in Kampala. Employing the double-bounded contigent valuation method, households' mean willingness to pay for improved solid waste collection services are influenced by income, education, age and home ownership. A socially acceptable fee which the majority of the people are willing to pay should be set in order to avoid the free rider problem


Solid waste collection, Household's Willingness

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