04652nas|a2200421 i 4500 20260817162353.0 040630s2003 th uzm rtt 00| a1eng d .b11931711 AIT Thesis no.UE-02-04 Douangchanh Lopaying An analysis of household affordability and willingness to pay for improved water supply in two towns of Lao PDR Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2003 89 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. UE-02-04 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2003 Urban water supply provisions are still largely following the traditional State-owned Utility Model, which tends to be ineffective and unsustainable model particularly in developing countries as it is in Lao PDR. Most of these provisions are not constructed on the basis of consultation with the community concerned, by assessing their affordability and willingness to pay. This is evident, in the water supply system of the selected areas (Champhone and Laongam towns) for this study, which were over-designed in the year 2001, resulting in high connection fee excluding the poor. Utility was unable to set a water tariff rate that is consistent with people's willingness to pay. With this in view, this study investigated and analyzed the affordability and willingness to pay for improved water supply in those towns. The results reveal that the affordability to pay for connection fee, which was measured by the sum of money spent for water containers and installation cost for making their own water source(s), is about 51.7% in Champhone and 70.2% in Laongam of the household monthly income. The affordability to pay for monthly water charge, measured by the average money value of working time for collection water and market price of water at the built source(s) and indoor water operation cost, is 2.3% in Champhone and 4.8 % in Laongam of that income. The willingness to pay, measured by the amount of money that households said they are prepared to pay for improving their water supply, varies from household to household and from town to town by household characteristics such as: income, saving, gender, location of house and the respondents' characteristics (age, educational background, attitude toward government policy on water supply). It was also determined by contingent valuation method, which shows that it is 38.0% in Champhone and 75.7% in Laongam (for connection fee) and 1.5% in Champhone and 2.4% in Laongam (for water monthly charge) of the household monthly income. Overall, the willingness to pay for monthly water charge is less than affordability to pay and it is also less than the amount that generally assumed (3 - 5% of the income). The study's findings suggest an awareness campaign program is necessary to raise the willingness to pay to meet the affordability level, which can be denoted as the maximum level of water demand. Water supply should only be provided when there is clear demonstrable evidence that the users desire the service and they are willing to pay for the cost of the system. Water tariff should start at the willingness to pay levels and not exceed the affordability levels. Water-supply Management Laos Water-supply Prices Laos Amin, A.T.M. Nurul, Chairperson Perera, L.A.S. Ranjith, Examination Committee Sajor, Edsel E., Examination Committee Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. UE-02-04 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B08412 .b11931711 mnait u 240417 0 040630 m a u 3 mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120802110 CREATED : 2004-06-30 RECORD # : i12402771 LPATRON : 1020343 LCHKIN : 2009-05-15 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 10 TOT RENEW : 18 Barcode : 30050120802144 CREATED : 2004-06-30 RECORD # : i12402783 LPATRON : 1020350 LCHKIN : 2009-12-15 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 16 TOT RENEW : 20 Barcode : 30050160020557 CREATED : 2016-01-20 RECORD # : i12871060 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 4815 4815 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 15.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-02-04 30050120802110 2026-08-17 16:23:53 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 15.00 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-02-04 30050120802144 2026-08-17 16:23:53 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.UE-02-04 30050160020557 2026-08-17 16:23:53 2026-08-17 40