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The spillover effects of water supply infrastructure development: A theoretical model

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Setiawati, Santi; Siregar, Tifani Husna; … - 2023

One of the main challenges in low-income Asia and the Pacific countries is users' willingness to pay for water services. In contrast, investors and private operators in the water sector prefer a high rate of return. This has often led to the failure of public-private partnerships for water...

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Navigating WASH challenges in rural areas: Peer effects and infrastructure

Kapsalyamova, Zhanna; Karymshakov, Kamalbek; … - 2024

Despite the well-documented benefits of improved sanitation and washing facilities, a considerable number of people …, even in middle-income countries, still lack access to modern sanitation and home-based bathing facilities. This paper … sanitation and washing facilities. The study finds that in Kazakhstan, households with higher incomes generally have better …

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The trade and water nexus

Le Vernoy, Alexandre - 2017

contribute to the goal of achieving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (Sustainable Development Goal 6). Indirectly …

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Facilitate trade for development: Aid for trade

Hynes, William; Lammersen, Frans - 2017

contribute to the goal of achieving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (Sustainable Development Goal 6). Indirectly …

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Public wash programs, long-run child development, and intergenerational mobility: New evidence from rural People's Republic of China

Wang, Dongqin; Zou, Eddy Weijian - 2023

findings suggest that improving household sanitation has larger educational benefits than expanding access to safe drinking …

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Connecting South and Southeast Asia: Implementation challenges and coordination arrangements

Thuzar, Moe; Mishra, Rahul; Hutchinson, Francis; Tin … - 2014

With closer regional integration there is increasing interest within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and on the part of ASEAN's dialogue partners in the potential gains of closer connections between Southeast Asia and South Asia. The strategic positions of India, Myanmar, and...

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Debt dynamics, fiscal deficit, and stability in government borrowing in India: A dynamic panel analysis

Das, Panchanan - 2016

Despite the initiatives of the Finance Commission of India, fiscal performance has been deteriorating and increasingly diverging across Indian states. Given that the state governments are endowed with expenditure autonomy, this paper investigates whether the composition of expenditure of the...

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Case study of central and local government finance in Japan

Bessho, Shun-ichiro - 2016

This paper aims to provide an overview of the basics of Japan's local public administration and finance system and to analyze how Japan's municipalities restore their fiscal balance after a fiscal shock. In Japan, local governments play a major role in redistribution. Combined with regional...

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Government decentralization program in Indonesia

Nasution, Anwar - 2016

Without much preparation, Indonesia, in 2000, at a stroke replaced the previous system of centralized government and development planning with a wide range of decentralization programs. The reforms gave greater authority, political power, and financial resources directly to regencies and...

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Frameworks for central-local government relations and fiscal sustainability

Morgan, Peter J.; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016

Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires continued high levels of public sector investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and social services. These responsibilities, especially with regard to infrastructure investment, need to be devolved...

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