User menu

Accès à distance ? S'identifier sur le proxy UCLouvain

Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Challenge of Access to Basic Services

Primary tabs

Parienté, William [UCL]

The majority of the urban population of Sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums where access to basic services, such as water, sanitation, or electricity is low. There is a growing body of evidence showing that access to these basic services has significant effect on the well-being of the poor. As the progress to universal access is still very slow, this essay contributes to the understanding of the persistence of the situation by reviewing the recent empirical evidence on both supply and demand issues related to the provision of basic infrastructure in urban areas of developing countries.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2017
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Demographic Economics" - Vol. 83, no.1, p. 31-39 (February 2017)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Cambridge University Press ((United Kingdom) Cambridge)
issn 2054-0892
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LIDAM/IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales
Keywords Public goods ; Developing Countries ; Slums ; Market failures ; Poverty
Links
  1. Banerjee Abhijit V, Duflo Esther, The Economic Lives of the Poor, 10.1257/jep.21.1.141
  2. Besley Timothy, Property Rights and Investment Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Ghana, 10.1086/262008
  3. Ghatak, Understanding Poverty (2006)
  4. BROWN DAVID S., MOBARAK AHMED MUSHFIQ, The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and the Distribution of Electricity, 10.1017/s0003055409090200
  5. Jack B. Kelsey, Smith Grant, Pay as You Go: Prepaid Metering and Electricity Expenditures in South Africa, 10.1257/aer.p20151096
  6. Burgess Robin, Jedwab Remi, Miguel Edward, Morjaria Ameet, Padró i Miquel Gerard, The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya, 10.1257/aer.20131031
  7. Chattopadhyay Raghabendra, Duflo Esther, Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India, 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00539.x
  8. Collier Paul, AFRICA'S PROSPECTIVE URBAN TRANSITION, 10.1017/dem.2016.32
  9. Duflo, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 4, 68 (2012)
  10. Dinkelman Taryn, The Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: New Evidence from South Africa, 10.1257/aer.101.7.3078
  11. Dupas Pascaline, Health Behavior in Developing Countries, 10.1146/annurev-economics-111809-125029
  12. Estache Antonio, Serebrisky Tomas, Wren-Lewis Liam, Financing infrastructure in developing countries, 10.1093/oxrep/grv037
  13. Field Erica, Property Rights and Investment in Urban Slums, 10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.279
  14. Field E., Entitled to Work: Urban Property Rights and Labor Supply in Peru, 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1561
  15. Gertler Paul, Shah Manisha, Bertozzi Stefano M., Risky Business: The Market for Unprotected Commercial Sex, 10.1086/429700
  16. Galiani Sebastian, Schargrodsky Ernesto, Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling, 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.002
  17. Gamper-Rabindran Shanti, Khan Shakeeb, Timmins Christopher, The impact of piped water provision on infant mortality in Brazil: A quantile panel data approach, 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.02.006
  18. Gonzalez-Navarro Marco, Quintana-Domeque Climent, Paving Streets for the Poor: Experimental Analysis of Infrastructure Effects, 10.1162/rest_a_00553
  19. Guiteras R., Levinsohn J., Mobarak A. M., Encouraging sanitation investment in the developing world: A cluster-randomized trial, 10.1126/science.aaa0491
  20. Hodler Roland, Raschky Paul A., Regional Favoritism, 10.1093/qje/qju004
  21. Kosec Katrina, The child health implications of privatizing africa's urban water supply, 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.01.006
  22. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 42, 861 (1997)
  23. Lanjouw Jean O., Levy Philip I., Untitled: A Study Of Formal and Informal Property Rights in Urban Ecuador*, 10.1111/1468-0297.00067
  24. Mobarak, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5, 200 (2013)
  25. Marx Benjamin, Stoker Thomas, Suri Tavneet, The Economics of Slums in the Developing World, 10.1257/jep.27.4.187
  26. Merrick Thomas W., The Effect of Piped Water on Early Childhood Mortality in Urban Brazil, 1970 to 1976, 10.2307/2060983
  27. Miguel Edward, Gugerty Mary Kay, Ethnic diversity, social sanctions, and public goods in Kenya, 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.09.004
  28. Ostrom Elinor, Reflections on “Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation”, 10.1257/aer.101.1.49
  29. Prüss-Ustün Annette, Bartram Jamie, Clasen Thomas, Colford John M., Cumming Oliver, Curtis Valerie, Bonjour Sophie, Dangour Alan D., De France Jennifer, Fewtrell Lorna, Freeman Matthew C., Gordon Bruce, Hunter Paul R., Johnston Richard B., Mathers Colin, Mäusezahl Daniel, Medlicott Kate, Neira Maria, Stocks Meredith, Wolf Jennyfer, Cairncross Sandy, Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries, 10.1111/tmi.12329
  30. Rud Juan Pablo, Electricity provision and industrial development: Evidence from India, 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.010
  31. Straub Stéphane, Infrastructure and Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Macro-level Literature, 10.1080/00220388.2010.509785
  32. Wolf Jennyfer, Prüss-Ustün Annette, Cumming Oliver, Bartram Jamie, Bonjour Sophie, Cairncross Sandy, Clasen Thomas, Colford John M., Curtis Valerie, De France Jennifer, Fewtrell Lorna, Freeman Matthew C., Gordon Bruce, Hunter Paul R., Jeandron Aurelie, Johnston Richard B., Mäusezahl Daniel, Mathers Colin, Neira Maria, Higgins Julian P. T., Systematic review: Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-regression, 10.1111/tmi.12331
Bibliographic reference Parienté, William. Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Challenge of Access to Basic Services. In: Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol. 83, no.1, p. 31-39 (February 2017)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/184322