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Institutional arrangements for private sector involvement in urban solid waste collection: case study of five cities in Ghana
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Sampson Oduro-KwartengThis paper discusses institutional arrangements for private sector involvement in urban solid waste
delivery and provides understanding of the institutional gaps in Ghana context. Five cities in Ghana
(Accra, Tema, Kumasi, SecondiTakoradi,
and Tamale) were selected for the study. This study suggests
there were institutional arrangements – legal, regulatory and financial arrangements – for private sector
involvement in solid waste collection. These arrangements include both service contracts for communal
collection with subsidy paid by local government Assemblies and franchise contracts for housetohouse
service with or without subsidy from the Assemblies. The involvement of private sector in solid waste
collection had increased the collection rate and the proportion of housetohouse
collection service
without subsidy from the government. The major constraints were the inadequate capacity of the
Assemblies, the long delay in paying for the contracts, low user charges and inadequate monitoring of
quality of service.
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ODURO-KWARTENG, S., 2009. Institutional arrangements for private sector involvement in urban solid waste collection: case study of five cities in Ghana. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Water, sanitation and hygiene - Sustainable development and multisectoral approaches: Proceedings of the 34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-22 May 2009, 8p.p.Publisher
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