Price of water by type of water provider in developing countries - CHART

• From: Vol 7, Issue 12 (December 2006)
• Category: Analysis
• Region: Unspecified
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This month’s chart comes from Meike van Ginneken’ presentation to the OECD forum on public-private partnerships in water and sanitation.

Developed from a study by Kariuki et al. in 2004, it shows the prices informal water vendors charge for water in the developing world. The irony of the
chart is that the poorest people are likely to be buying the lowest quality water from the most expensive source: carters, whereas the richest people live in areas with network coverage and ...