studies a cluster randomised controlled trial of a sanitation micro-credit program in rural India, which made available lower … interest loans for sanitation. The loans were linked with sanitation through their name only. The loans were not bundled with … boost sanitation investments. A simple theoretical framework indicates that the intervention could increase sanitation …

In most developing countries, there is a huge gap in the delivery of services like water and sanitation between rural … well as financing that might influence access to water and sanitation in rural versus urban areas. Decentralisation seems … to have a positive effect on rural provision of water and sanitation, whereas the effects of sectoral aid and controlling …