
Costs and Challenges of Local Urban Services
Evidence from India's Cities
OUP India (Publisher)
Published on 16. July 2009
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-19-806084-0 (ISBN)
Description
With increasing urbanization, rural-urban migration and associated problems have received a lot of attention in the literature and policy making. However, the question that remains unaddressed is whether India is over-urbanized in relation to the level of its development. If so, how can we identify this phenomenon more systematically? This study examines the provision of infrastructure in India's urban areas by examining the costs of providing these services. The
authors estimate marginal costs of water supply, and compare these marginal costs with the user prices actually charged in various Indian cities. The authors also argue that under-spending in the case of several local urban services might explain poor service delivery in India's cities. They analyse the
challenges in reform of service delivery in the context of developing countries, using case studies of Ludhiana (Punjab) and Rajkot (Gujarat). The effort is to study the challenges to service delivery, identify the bottlenecks in reform, and analyse means to improve and reform service delivery in these cities.
authors estimate marginal costs of water supply, and compare these marginal costs with the user prices actually charged in various Indian cities. The authors also argue that under-spending in the case of several local urban services might explain poor service delivery in India's cities. They analyse the
challenges in reform of service delivery in the context of developing countries, using case studies of Ludhiana (Punjab) and Rajkot (Gujarat). The effort is to study the challenges to service delivery, identify the bottlenecks in reform, and analyse means to improve and reform service delivery in these cities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars of economics, sociology, urban studies and planning. Also useful for policymakers, NGOs, development agencies, and urban planners.
Illustrations
numerous tables and figures
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-806084-0 (9780198060840)
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Persons
Kala Seetharam Sridhar is Ford Public Affairs Fellow, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore
Om Prakash Mathur is Professor, Urban Economics and Finance, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi
Om Prakash Mathur is Professor, Urban Economics and Finance, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi
Author
DrPublic Affairs Centre, Bangalore
ProfessorNational Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi
Content
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Sampling And Methodology for Marginal Cost Estimation of Water Supply ; 3. Data Sources and Variable Definitions ; 4. Findings from Data on Water Supply ; 5. Instruments and Methods of Water Pricing ; 6. Solid Waste Management ; 7. Other Services ; 8. Urban Reforms-A Case Study of Ludhiana ; 9. Urban Reforms in Rajkot ; 10. . Summary and Conclusions; References