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A Drop in the Bucket

Impact Evaluation of a Water and Sanitation Program in Rural Benin
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
108 Seiten
Englisch
Sievers & Partnererschienen am12.12.20121., Erstauflage
The lack of improved water and sanitary infrastructure still kills many people in developing countries each year. This book gives useful insights into how development projects have an impact in practice and why there is a possibility that projects fail to have positive outcomes. In this book, the national water and sanitation program in rural Benin is analyzed. A difference-in-difference analysis is combined with a phasing-in approach to a sample of 200 villages in the departments of Mono, Couffo and Collines. The water program installs modern water sources as public pumps or standpipes in the villages in 2009 and afterwards. An additional household intervention for water transport and storage containers was design and is analyzed in a randomized control trail. The main outcome variables analyzed are water quality at the water source and in the household, usage rates, time savings and distance reduction because of the installation of a new water point. Further, it is analyzed why the coverage rate of sanitary facilities remain low in the rural areas of Benin. This book significantly advances our understanding of whether projects that extent rural water supply and sanitation services work or not. Using state-of-the art techniques it demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of such interventions in Benin and it is able to shed light on how to improve the design of such projects. Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD How can access to water be improved for the rural poor? To answer this question, the author combines sound econometric techniques with on-the-ground field work which makes this an insightful piece of work. Prof. Dr. Isabel Günthermehr

Produkt

KlappentextThe lack of improved water and sanitary infrastructure still kills many people in developing countries each year. This book gives useful insights into how development projects have an impact in practice and why there is a possibility that projects fail to have positive outcomes. In this book, the national water and sanitation program in rural Benin is analyzed. A difference-in-difference analysis is combined with a phasing-in approach to a sample of 200 villages in the departments of Mono, Couffo and Collines. The water program installs modern water sources as public pumps or standpipes in the villages in 2009 and afterwards. An additional household intervention for water transport and storage containers was design and is analyzed in a randomized control trail. The main outcome variables analyzed are water quality at the water source and in the household, usage rates, time savings and distance reduction because of the installation of a new water point. Further, it is analyzed why the coverage rate of sanitary facilities remain low in the rural areas of Benin. This book significantly advances our understanding of whether projects that extent rural water supply and sanitation services work or not. Using state-of-the art techniques it demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of such interventions in Benin and it is able to shed light on how to improve the design of such projects. Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD How can access to water be improved for the rural poor? To answer this question, the author combines sound econometric techniques with on-the-ground field work which makes this an insightful piece of work. Prof. Dr. Isabel Günther
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-86376-031-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
ErscheinungsortGöttingen
ErscheinungslandDeutschland
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum12.12.2012
Auflage1., Erstauflage
Seiten108 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht209 g
Illustrationen34 Tabellen, 10 Statistiken
Artikel-Nr.18965773
Rubriken
GenreWirtschaft

Autor

Dr. Elena Gross holds a German Diploma degree in economics and business administration, and obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Göttingen in 2012. Since 2009, she has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Development Economics of Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD. Her research interests are health economics, especially the impact of water and sanitation infrastructure on health and well-being outcomes. Her field experience includes conducting household surveys in Vietnam, Benin and Ghana. Dr. Gross has also served various research capacities for the University of Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town, GIZ in Zambia, and KfW (the German Development Bank).