Role of consumer behaviour studies in improving water supply delivery to the urban poor

Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. N. Addo-Yobo ◽  
C. Njiru
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
State Of Water ◽  
Sustainable Water Supply ◽  
Marketing Approach

A recent report by WHO and UNICEF on the state of water and sanitation provision across the globe paints a gloomy picture of the situation in developing countries. Of great concern is the plight of the urban poor whose numbers are increasing rapidly across the developing world. Currently, a more market-like approach is being promoted as the way forward in the water sector. This approach is seen as an effective way of being demand responsive and hence a useful way of providing a sustainable water supply service for all groups of consumers. The authors advocate that a prerequisite for effectively using a marketing approach is a good understanding of the behaviour of the target consumers, that is, knowing what consumers think, feel, do and the things and places that influence and are influenced by what they think, feel and do. Consumer behaviour studies have widespread application in the marketing of goods and services and the application of some of these concepts could be useful in improving water services delivery. Better understanding of consumer behaviour could help in developing strategies for successfully marketing water as both a social and an economic good, thus enhancing the sustainability of water supply services.

Incentives for water supply to the urban poor and the role of the regulator in Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko ◽  
Sampson Oduro Kwarteng ◽  
Bismark Dwumfour Asare ◽  
Kwaku Opoku Boakye
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Urban Poor

The role of groundwater for sustainable water supply

GFF ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (sup004) ◽  
pp. 109-110
Author(s):  
G. Knutsson ◽  
P.‐O. Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Sustainable Water Supply

scholarly journals Institutionalization of Exhibition and Convention Activity in Innovation-Based Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-95
Author(s):  
Sergey Manenkov
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Event System ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Marketing Approach

The meaning of exhibition and convention activity is currently undergoing serious changes. Contemporary forums and exhibitions promote goods and services, as well as create new social, economic, and political relation standards. The contemporary crisis has revealed some regulatory gaps. However, innovative marketing approach to exhibition and convention events can help industry to recover and grow. Exhibition and convention events produce not only economics effects: they also promote institutional, public, and innovative development. The present research featured cooperation and coordination of stakeholders in exhibition and convention activities, as well as related legal, marketing, and theoretical factors. The research objective was to develop the economy of events – a new methodological approach to assessment of non-material effects of exhibition and convention activity. The research was based on the methods of institutional economics; the paper offers an analysis of existing legal frameworks and standards. The author believes that exhibition and convention sphere needs institutional background based on the interaction of existing norms and methods within event system. This theoretical aspect made it possible to consider the role of events in the context of building sustainable interrelationships between institutes and society, as well as to reinterpret the role of exhibition and convention activity in the modern agenda.

scholarly journals Water supply services for Africa's urban poor: the role of resale

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Zuin ◽  
Leonard Ortolano ◽  
Manuel Alvarinho ◽  
Kory Russel ◽  
Anne Thebo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Piped Water ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Using Data

In sub-Saharan Africa only 35% of the urban population has access to a piped water connection on their premises. The majority of households obtain water from public standpipes or from neighbors who are connected to the municipal network. Water resale is often prohibited, however, because of concerns about affordability and risks to public health. Using data collected from 1,377 households in Maputo, Mozambique, we compare the microbiological quality, as well as the time and money costs of water supply from individual house connections, public standpipes, and water obtained from neighbors. Households with their own water connections have better service across virtually all indicators measured, and express greater satisfaction with their service, as compared with those using other water sources. Households purchasing water from their neighbors pay lower time and money costs per liter of water, on average, as compared with those using standpipes. Resale competes favorably with standpipes along a number of service quality dimensions; however, after controlling for water supply characteristics, households purchasing water from neighbors are significantly less likely to be satisfied with their water service as compared with those using standpipes.

The role of standardization as a key Tool of Quality Economics in the development of integration of the Eurasian Economic Union

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
V. V. Okrepilov ◽  
A. G. Gridasov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Member States ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Economic Union

The presented study examines the experience of forming a regulatory framework for the integration of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states through the example of standardization as one of the key tools of quality economics.Aim. The study analyzes the major solutions of the EAEU authorities and member countries aimed at increasing the role of standardization in the economic integration of the Union over five years of its existence.Tasks. The authors identify efficient methods for developing standardization for the integration of the EAEU states as well as the most problematic aspects in this field that need to be taken into account in the qualitative strengthening of the Union’s economy.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to examine the activities of the EAEU authorities and member states aimed at creating a system for the economic integration of the Union during a period of its transition from separate national markets towards a single (common) market.Results. Over five years of operation in the field of stadardization, the Eurasian Economic Union has created the necessary organizational and legal framework to ensure the successful development of integration processes. The national legislation on standardization has been modernized with allowance for the harmonization of these laws. In the next five-six years, the development of international standards for 40 technical regulations is expected to be completed, which would create a regulatory framework for unhindered interaction between all participants of the single (common) EAEU market. Conclusions. The analysis of activities in the field of standardization reveals a sufficiently thought-out and coordinated policy of the EAEU states in creating the necessary conditions for overcoming legal and administrative barriers in the movement of goods and services within the common economic space of the EAEU.

Economic modeling of touristic services demand in the regions

2019 ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Ivan Blahun ◽  
Halyna Leshchuk ◽  
Mariya Kyfor
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Probability Model ◽  
Economic Modeling ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Household Incomes ◽  
Tourism Services ◽  
Income Decile

Considering the important role of tourism in the socio-economic development of regions, the need for information and modeling of ways to increase demand for tourism services and tourism development is being updated. The article uses methods of analytical, logical, comparative analysis and systematic approach to study trends in demand for tourist services in Ukraine. Econometric modeling analyzes the demand for tourism services by the level of income and expenditures of the population in 2018. Trends in demand for tourism services in 2018 in terms of income and expenditure of the population with the use of the Tornquist econometric model have been analyzed. It is proposed to use the decile groups of the population for analyzing income and expenditure by the level of income, total income per capita, the level of household expenditure relative to income, the percentage of tourism expenditure by households, the expenditure on tourism and the elasticity of tourism demand. Average values of the population’s expenditures on tourism were established, which helped to determine the elasticity of effective demand for each decile group. The more than one unit of elasticity of effective tourism demand for each decile group indicated that tourism services for domestic households belong to the group of luxury goods and services. It should be noted that in the following decile income groups of households there is a decrease in elasticity. It means that when income tends to increase indefinitely, elasticity coefficients fall, and this indicates a stabilization of costs of this type. In this case, the percentage of households in each decile group that recorded the costs of organized tourism in their budgets and the value of the probability of household participation in this form of recreation was determined based on an estimated probability model. An analysis of the values of income elasticity indicators in each income decile group has shown that increasing household incomes contribute to increased demand for tourism services and an increase in the share of expenditures for these purposes in household budgets.

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