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| Title: | | Making water affordable to all: A typology and evaluation of options for urban water pricing  |
| Authors: | | Lehmann, Paul |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | UFZ-Diskussionspapiere 10/2011 |
| Abstract: | | An important criterion for the design of urban water prices is the affordability of water supply for poor customers. This paper presents a typology of water pricing options which policy-makers have at their disposal in order to address affordability. A review of theoretical insights and empirical experiences reveals, however, how the real-world performance of these options depends on the characteristics of their technological and socio-economic environment. Moreover, possible trade-offs between affordability and other criteria, including efficiency, financial sustainability and administrative simplicity, are pointed out. Thereby, the paper is meant to assist policy-makers in identifying water pricing options which are appropriate for their context. |
| Subjects: | | administrative simplicity affordability efficiency financial sustainability typology water pricing |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | UFZ-Diskussionspapiere, Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
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