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Informal water vendors and the urban poor: evidence from a Nairobi slum

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  • Anindita Sarkar

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In Kenya, informal urban water markets serve the poor in areas where public utilities have failed to deliver. They often charge high prices, sell low-quality water and perform water transactions in a way that is unfair to the buyers. They still remain one of the most popular alternatives for water provision, as they can offer flexibility of supply arrangements and payment systems which are beyond the scope of large-scale water providers. In the major restructuring of Kenya’s urban water delivery system towards commercialization and privatization, these private vendors are being regularized for better service delivery in terms of regulation of prices and quality of water.

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  • Anindita Sarkar, 2020. "Informal water vendors and the urban poor: evidence from a Nairobi slum," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(5), pages 443-457, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:45:y:2020:i:5:p:443-457
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2020.1768022
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    1. Joshi, Nupur & Gerlak, Andrea K. & Hannah, Corrie & Lopus, Sara & Krell, Natasha & Evans, Tom, 2023. "Water insecurity, housing tenure, and the role of informal water services in Nairobi’s slum settlements," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    2. Beresford, Melissa & Brewis, Alexandra & Choudhary, Neetu & Drew, Georgina & Garcia, Nataly Escobedo & Garrick, Dustin & Hossain, Mohammed Jobayer & Lopez, Ernesto & Nébié, Elisabeth Ilboudo & Pacheco, 2023. "Justice and Moral Economies in Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized (MAD) Water Systems," SocArXiv 6ywp7, Center for Open Science.
    3. Heinrich Zozmann & Alexander Morgan & Christian Klassert & Bernd Klauer & Erik Gawel, 2022. "Can Tanker Water Services Contribute to Sustainable Access to Water? A Systematic Review of Case Studies in Urban Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-27, September.
    4. Azunre, Gideon Abagna & Amponsah, Owusu & Takyi, Stephen Appiah & Mensah, Henry & Braimah, Imoro, 2022. "Urban informalities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A solution for or barrier against sustainable city development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    5. Dery, Florence & Bisung, Elijah & Dickin, Sarah & Soliku, Ophelia, 2024. "“Quenching the thirst of others while suffering”: Embodied experiences of water vendors in Ghana and Kenya," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).

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