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Sophisticated Policy with Naive Agents : Habit Formation and Piped Water in Vietnam
Do, Quy-Toan - 2020
nearly 1500 rural piped water customers in Vietnam reveal evidence of habit formation. A novel test based on the Euler …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837587
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How Natural are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies
Nauges, Céline - 2016
economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic … find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In … customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747840
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Geo-Spatial Modeling of Access to Water and Sanitation in Nigeria
Andres, Luis Alberto - 2018
The paper presents the development and implementation of a geo-spatial model for mapping populations' access to specified types of water and sanitation services in Nigeria. The analysis uses geo-located, population-representative data from the National Water and Sanitation Survey 2015, along...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926200
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Water When it Counts : Reducing Scarcity Through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
Christian, Paul - 2018
Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927008
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries
Abramovsky, Laura Fernanda - 2020
This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fall short of recovering the costs of service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834269
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Regulating Water and Sanitation Network Services Accounting for Institutional and Informational Constraints
Camos Daurella, Daniel - 2017
The main purpose of this paper is to argue that the optimal design of regulation of water and sanitation monopolies should be the outcome of a detailed diagnostic of the institutional constraints impacting the ability of the operator -- whether public or private -- to deliver the services....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951497
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Bureaucratic Blockages : Water, Civil Servants, and Community in Tanzania
Bailey, Juli - 2017
How do civil servants in district water and sanitation departments address problems of water access in rural communities in Tanzania? What are the bureaucratic procedures they follow? How do the bureaucratic procedures around formulating budgets, managing money, and interacting with communities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954303
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Sustainability of Demand Responsive Approaches to Rural Water Supply : The Case of Kerala
Andres, Luis Alberto - 2017
This paper presents the findings of an impact evaluation to assess the performance and sustainability of the demand responsive community-based approach toward rural water supply in the state of Kerala, India. To achieve the study's objectives, conceptual definitions of the "performance" and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959132
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The Drivers and Impacts of Water Infrastructure Reliability : A Global Analysis of Manufacturing Firms
Islam, Asif - 2018
Inadequate infrastructure impedes the productivity of manufacturing firms, with negative consequences for the wider economy. This study examines how water infrastructure copes with severe weather fluctuations and analyzes the effect of unreliable water supplies on the productivity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908551
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Why Do so Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania? An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors
Joseph, George - 2019
According to the 2015 Tanzania Water Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the first year. This paper analyzes the various factors which impact water point failure and measures the relative contributions of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892753