Improved water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: who uses it and who participates in community decision-making?

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dc.creatorEngel, Stefanie
dc.creatorIskandarani, Maria
dc.creatorUseche, Maria del Pilar
dc.date2005
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:33Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:33Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:22Z
dc.descriptionWe examine access to, use of, and participation in decisions on improved water supply in the Volta basin of Ghana, one of the first countries to introduce a community-based approach to rural water supply on a large scale. While 71 percent of the households interviewed have access to improved water, 43 percent of these continue to use unsafe sources as their main domestic water source. Our results indicate that quality perceptions and opportunity costs play an important role in households’ choice of water source. The effect of prices and income levels on this choice differs according to the pricing system used.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160676
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100068
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceEngel, Stefanie; Iskandarani, Maria; Useche, Maria del Pilar. Improved water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: who uses it and who participates in community decision-making? EPTD Discussion Paper 129. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160676
dc.subjectcommunity participation
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectcommunity-based organizations
dc.titleImproved water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: who uses it and who participates in community decision-making?
dc.typeWorking Paper

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