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Locally responsive interventionto improve municipal solid waste collection coverage in Accra, Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Oduro-Appiah, K.
dc.contributor.author Scheinberg, A
dc.contributor.author Kotey, V.
dc.contributor.author Afful, A.
dc.contributor.author de Vries, N
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-27T14:08:50Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-27T14:08:50Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5766
dc.description 7p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract The paper reports on a process that engaged stakeholders to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the city of Accra’s approach to raising solid waste collection coverage.Stakeholders, working with researchers, have made the evaluation using a combination of benchmark indicators, analysis of franchise agreements, process flow diagramming of collection trends, and statistical analysis of user answers to a survey. Informal services are growing while formal services are shrinking.A logistic regression model suggests that regular collection and affordable user charges significantly increases the levels of user satisfaction. The use of a participatory approach has led to an unusual alliance: formal service providers have agreed to work with informal providers as subcontractors and support them toformalize and increase collection coverage. The positive experience of participation leads the authors to advocate institutionalizing the use of a participatory approach through stakeholder platforms to evaluate interventions and develop plans for service improvement en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.title Locally responsive interventionto improve municipal solid waste collection coverage in Accra, Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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