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Trading trash: Waste markets for sustainable urban development

Project Active from to Sustainable Growth, Cities and Waste

This project investigates how local authorities together with informal waste collectors can provide effective municipal waste management in Accra, Ghana. The project identifies which frictions currently hinder effective waste management and assesses which policies are most suitable for improving collection and disposal rates as well as household and collector welfare.

Researchers

Gharad Bryan

Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Ignacio Banares Sanchez

PhD Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Yoshiki Wiskamp

PhD Student, Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Ignacio Banares Sanchez

PhD Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Project outputs

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Accra’s informal waste markets

Ignacio Banares Sanchez, Yoshiki Wiskamp
Policy brief

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Keywords
Waste
Themes
Sustainable Growth Cities
Countries
Ghana
Regions
West Africa