Externalities and Spillovers from Sanitation and Waste Management in Urban and Rural Neighborhoods
Autor: | Laura Schechter, Evan Plous Kresch, Molly Lipscomb |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Community-led total sanitation Sanitation Waste management 05 social sciences Psychological intervention Developing country Development Reciprocity (social psychology) 0502 economics and business 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business 050207 economics Improved sanitation Rural area Externality |
Zdroj: | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 42:395-420 |
ISSN: | 2040-5804 2040-5790 |
DOI: | 10.1093/aepp/ppz024 |
Popis: | Proper sanitation and waste management has important health benefits, both directly for the household making the decision and indirectly for its neighbors due to positive externalities. Nevertheless, construction and use of improved sanitation systems in much of the developing world continues to lag. Many recent interventions such as Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) have attempted to harness the power of social interactions to increase take-up of improved sanitation. Most evidence to date mobilizes social pressure in rural areas, yet evidence is more scarce in urban neighborhoods where high population density may lead to larger externalities from poor sanitation decisions. We review the recent literature on how sanitation decisions are inter-related within neighborhoods: the health externalities that sanitation decisions have on neighbors and the social decision spillovers that drive take-up. We explore potential explanations for the low take-up and maintenance of sanitation systems, including the possibility of non-linearities and thresholds in health externalities; the roles of social pressure, reciprocity, learning from others, and coordination in decision spillovers; and differences between urban and rural contexts. |
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