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Toilets Can Work: Short and Medium Run Health Impacts of Addressing Complementarities and Externalities in Water and Sanitation / Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Raymond Guiteras, Thomas Clasen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duflo, Esther.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21521.
- NBER working paper series no. w21521
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Toilets Can Work
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.
- Summary:
- Poor water quality and sanitation are leading causes of mortality and disease in developing countries. However, interventions providing toilets in rural areas have not substantially improved health, likely because of incomplete coverage and low usage. This paper estimates the impact of an integrated water and sanitation improvement program in rural India that provided household-level water connections, latrines, and bathing facilities to all households in approximately 100 villages. The estimates suggest that the intervention was effective, reducing treated diarrhea episodes by 30-50%. These results are evident in the short term and persist for 5 years or more. The annual cost is approximately US$60 per household.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 2015.
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