Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12307945 |
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| Autores | Marcos García‐López (0000-0001-7184-1809, Universidad de Alcalá, autor de correspondencia), Samara López-Ruiz (0000-0002-9280-9717, Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid Valladolid Spain), Samara López‐Ruiz (Universidad de Valladolid), Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada (0000-0002-0271-1522, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Delft the Netherlands) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-03-09 |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Sustainable Development (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/sd.70894 |
| OpenAlex | W7134811602 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 72 |
This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation, the study finds that GDP per capita growth is associated with overall improvements but limited distributive gains. Disparities persist among lower‐income quintiles and rural populations, and sanitation inequality shows no significant correlation with growth. The findings underscore the bidirectional relationship, as inequality in water access negatively impacts GDP per capita. Governance effectiveness, water use efficiency, and educational attainment emerge as stronger predictors of equitable access than income inequality. These results challenge growth‐centric development paradigms and call for equity‐oriented policy that integrates social and spatial justice into water and sanitation governance
Corporate governance · Educational attainment · Improved sanitation · Inequality · Ordinary least squares · Per capita · Per capita income · Poverty · Sanitation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water Resources and Sustainability
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