Community matters
Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation intervention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11912730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Abramovsky (0000-0002-0698-9564, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Britta Augsburg (0000-0002-8864-7751, Institute for Fiscal Studies, corresponding author), Melanie Lührmann (0000-0002-2257-8407, Royal Holloway University of London), Francisco Oteiza (0000-0002-3747-9786, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Juan Pablo Rud (0000-0003-0429-6067, Royal Holloway University of London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 165 |
| Pages | 106197-106197 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-750X • E-ISSN: 1873-5991 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106197 |
| PMID | 37138929 |
| OpenAlex | W2899522649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 43 |
Sanitation is at the heart of public health policies in most of the developing world, where around 85% of the population still lack access to safe sanitation. We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. Results from a randomized controlled trial, implemented at scale in rural Nigeria, reveal stark heterogeneity in impacts: the intervention has immediate, strong and lasting effects on sanitation practices in less wealthy communities, realized through increased sanitation investments. In contrast, we find no evidence of impacts among wealthier communities. This suggests that a targeted implementation of CLTS may increase its effectiveness in improving sanitation. Our findings can be replicated in other contexts, using microdata from evaluations of similar interventions
Business · Census · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Improved sanitation · Intervention (counseling · Microdata (statistics · Participatory development · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sanitation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Health Behavior in Developing Countries
Identification and Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects
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Factors influencing the scale-up of public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries
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Experimentation at Scale
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 2.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |