Abstract
Many economic studies have addressed the issue of inefficiency of public water supply in rural areas and the potential for improved service by private companies. Many of these analyses focused on identifying either willingness to pay or comparing average service costs and prices paid by customers. This paper performs a welfare analysis of two water supply systems-public and self owned-in rural Tunisia. The paper calculates consumer and producer surplus and compares the performance of the two systems from a social point of view. Results suggest that both systems are inefficient, mainly because of a production level that is low compared with production capacity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Agricultural Economics |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Consumer and producer surplus
- Rural water supply
- Social welfare
- Water demand and supply
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Economics and Econometrics