A Review of Privatization of Waste Management Service in Oman

Abstract

Waste management service is an important issue that needs great attention from the government. To improve the quality of waste services, many governments have turned to the privatization of municipal waste management services. This study investigates the linkage between privatization of waste management service and (a) effective service, (b) cost saving/efficiency, (c) timely service delivery, (d) quality service, (e) health and clean environment, (f) adopted new technology, (g) Bureaucracy? The target respondents of this research are household or the owner of the house in Oman or the users of waste service.

Cost Efficiency in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Different Alternatives in Service Delivery for Small and Medium Sized Spanish Local Governments

“…In relation to the above, some authors argue that direct public provision is the best option, as this will avoid the creation of monopolies by private companies and may even be cheaper than private sector provision [8,10,[29][30][31]. In this regard, authors such as Zafra-Gómez et al [24] and Ohlsson [32] argue that private management of the service does not necessarily have to be cheaper than public management.…”

“…In this context, numerous studies have analyzed the relationship between efficiency and the choice of management methods that generate higher levels of efficiency and cost savings in the provision of these services [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In this sense, the academic literature contains several studies that analyze the efficiency of local public agents in the provision of services, such as urban public transport [11,12], street cleaning [13] or solid urban waste collection [14][15][16].…”