Involving community-based and other small-scale enterprises in service delivery can increase both service and income benefits for poor women and men. Public-private partnerships provide a framework for organizing such delivery systems. Partnerships in municipal solid waste collection involve multiple relationships � between local authorities, elected leaders, enterprises, waste collection workers and waste pickers, households and local businesses. These partnerships can be formalized through appropriate contracting procedures. Pro-poor contracting implies that these procedures are accessible and understandable for all women and men, that rights and obligations are well specified for the different actors, and that social issues are carefully considered. As a result of the project, a pro-poor approach to service delivery systems at municipal level which ensuresjob creation, social protection and adequate representation of poor women and men, and also improves the urban environment will be developed and dissemin
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