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The inadequate water supply and sanitation situation in South Tarawa has contributed to high rates of water … supply and sanitation infrastructure and ongoing operations and maintenance in South Tarawa, in part, as a result of low cost … estimate the total economic costs associated with inadequate water and sanitation services in South Tarawa. …
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, and working models on sanitation and wastewater management from di erent countries. The project briefs demonstrate … solution options from which useful lessons can be derived. Not only do they illustrate how sanitation and wastewater management …
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The present paper explores the relationship between political competition and effective public goods delivery systems in a decentralized context to study whether the awareness generated through such a competitive environment and the existence of more political options are a part of the causal...
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Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...
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This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Relying on difference-in-differences estimations, we establish a...
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This paper (ENV-126) was originally presented at a National Science Foundation Workshop on Alternatives to Traditional Contingent Valuation Methods in Environmental Valuation, held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee, on October 15-16, 1998. This paper reviews the past ten years of the...
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In this paper, we aim to assess the relationship between water and sanitation coverage and saved infant lives. Our …
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demands (for water, sanitation or health services) and neglect the valuation of nonmarket goods (like ecosystems, biodiversity … developing countries and show, through a survey implemented in Moshi (Tanzania) about demand for sanitation, some methodological …
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access to improved sanitation facilities. Belize has also made progress in terms of the disposal of solid waste in the … situation of the water and sanitation and solid waste sectors in Belize, and makes recommendations on immediate actions to …
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