The Case of Solid Waste Collection Services in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A study to examine the role of privatisation in providing the urban poor access to essential social services was conducted in sixteen streets of Dar es Salaam classified as low-income areas. The study employed Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) approach whereby information was collected in consultation with a population of sixteen administrative streets of Dar es Salaam over a period of five months. A triangulation method whereby information from the same sample area was collected using different techniques including household case study; focus group discussions (FGD); key informant interviews and neighbourhood observations were employed.