Households’ Willingness to Pay for Improved Urban Waste Management in Mekelle City, Ethiopia

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Cities in developing countries experiencing rapid urbanization and population growth too often lack the financial resources and institutional capacity to provide needed municipal infrastructure for adequate solid waste management, despite citizens’ demand for it.

 

Policy Design

Household waste disposal in Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia

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In many cities of developing countries, such as Mekelle (Ethiopia), waste management is poor and solid wastes are dumped along roadsides and into open areas, endangering health and attracting vermin. The effects of demographic factors, economic and social status, waste and environmental attributes on household solid waste disposal are investigated using data from household survey.

Experiments, Policy Design