Unpackaging demand for water service quality : evidence from conjoint surveys in Sri Lanka / Kelly Jones..et al.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Policy research working papers ; no. 3817Publication details: Washington, D. C : World Bank, 2006.Description: 22p ; 27 cmSubject(s):
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"In the early 2000s, the Government of Sri Lanka considered engaging private sector operators to manage water and sewerage services in two separate service areas. One in the Town of Negombo (North of Colombo), and the one stretching along the coastal strip(South from Colombo) from the towns of Kalutara to Galle. Since then, the government has abandoned the idea of setting up a public-private partnership in these two areas. This paper is part of a series of investigations to determine how these pilot private sector transactions (forming part of the overall water sector reform strategy) could be designed in such a manner that they would benefit the poor. The authors describe the results of a conjoint survey evaluating the factors that drive customer demand for alternative water supply and sanitation services in Sri Lanka. They show how conjunction surveys can be used to unpackage

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