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Mobile telephony services and rural-urban linkages
Mobile telephony services and rural-urban linkage
Access to services in low income urban communities in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania
Rapid urbanisation and rising population growth in may countries is putting increasing pressure on the provision of services including water, sanitation, health, education, electricity, mobile phones, transport and street lighting. People living in urban areas have better access to services (water supply, sanitation, health services, schools, mobile phones) than those living in rural areas, despite the challenges of keeping up with growing urban populations. Completed as part of the 'RurbanAfrica' research project this paper provides an overview of services by low-income communities in urban areas of four case study countries; Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania, outlining the barriers to access for each service. In all four countries, urban households have much better access to improved water sources and mobile phones than to improved sanitation
Urban residents’ access to water, sanitation, electricity and transport, and the acceptability of services. Work Package 4: Access to services in low-income city communities
Urban residents’ access to water, sanitation, electricity and transport, and the acceptability of services. Work Package 4: Access to services in low-income city communitie
Acceptability of urban water, sanitation, electricity and transport services
The quality and acceptability of services in a range of urban communities were investigated by the RurbanAfrica project. Research was undertaken through focus group discussions and interviews with individual residents in 30 settlements in six cities- Douala and Bafoussam in Cameroon, Accra and Sekondi- Takoradi in Ghana and Dar es Salaam and Arusha in Tanzania. Residents reported a multitude
of challenges in meeting their needs for water, sanitation, electricity and transport. Overall, their highest
priorities for improvement were urban transport and water supply, followed by sanitation. Electricity was the lowest priority overall, though it was still
first or second priority in six of the 30 settlements. The lower priority for improving sanitation than water supply contrasts with reported coverage levels which are twice as high for water supply as
for sanitation, suggesting that “coverage” by improved water supply does not imply an acceptable level of service