Cost recovery and the crisis of service delivery in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Monograph (Book)
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.A.McDonald, J.Pape
KEYWORDS: COSTS, GOVERNANCE, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/cost-recovery-and-the-crisis-of-service-delivery-in-south-africa
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2157
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8704
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8704
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.A.McDonald, J.Pape
KEYWORDS: COSTS, GOVERNANCE, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/cost-recovery-and-the-crisis-of-service-delivery-in-south-africa
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2157
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8704
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8704
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Abstract
How can we reverse the insidious effects of commodification, the role of the market in shaping service delivery, and the way we 'value' essential goods such as water? Governments around the world are aggressively moving toward full cost recovery measures. Cost recovery impacts access to services, affordability and privatisation. Centered on case studies in a number of South African municipalities, this book critically examines 'cost recovery', the heart of this new municipal vision of balanced budgets and fiscal restraint.-
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