Assessment of Public Services Distribution in African Urban Areas: a Cost-Benefit Analysis Based on Bid Rents from Spatial Interaction Models

Abstract The paper proposes a cost-benefit analysis of alternative school networks that are otimized to cover the territory central part Huambo Municipality in Angola. Benefits comes from increases housing prices associated with changes employment generated by schools, evaluated variations values real estate estimated bid-rents spatial interaction model using hedonic regression methods. Costs construction and functioning schools. more advisable alternatives ones optimize coverage region education services while securing individual viability each one