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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries / Laura Abramovsky.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Abramovsky, Laura.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Water.
- Income Distribution.
- Piped Water Service.
- Subsidies.
- Water Consumption.
- Water Pipe Network.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.
- Water Tariff.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Water.
- Income Distribution.
- Piped Water Service.
- Subsidies.
- Water Consumption.
- Water Pipe Network.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Economics.
- Water Tariff.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fall short of recovering the costs of service provision, and the resulting subsidies largely fail to achieve their goal of improving the accessibility and affordability of piped water for poor households. Instead, the majority of subsidies in all 10 countries are captured by the richest households. This is in part because the most vulnerable population segments typically face challenges in accessing and connecting to piped water services. The paper also reveals shortcomings in the design of the subsidies, which are conditional on poor households being connected to a piped network.
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