This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in … goal of improving the accessibility and affordability of piped water for poor households. Instead, the majority of … segments typically face challenges in accessing and connecting to piped water services. The paper also reveals shortcomings in …

urban areas is having a significant impact on the quantity and quality of water available as inputs into the production and … consumption process, as well as the ability of the water system to absorb and neutralize the waste byproducts deposited into it …. Water shortages are most severe in the north of the country, where surface water diversion is excessive and groundwater is …

The authors show how willingness to pay surveys can be used to gauge household demand for improved network water and … incentives targeted to the poor. The simulations show that in this particular environment in Sri Lanka, demand for piped water … services is low, and that it is unlikely that under the present circumstances the goal of nearly universal piped water coverage …

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 with relevant geo-spatial covariates. The model generates predictions … for levels of access to seven indicators of water and sanitation services across Nigeria at a resolution of 1?1 square …

context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total … allocations. A randomized control trial compares two feedback tools: i) general information, charting the water requirements for … common crops, and ii) individualized information, comparing water requirements with each farmer's water use in the same …

nearly 1500 rural piped water customers in Vietnam reveal evidence of habit formation. A novel test based on the Euler …

The main purpose of this paper is to argue that the optimal design of regulation of water and sanitation monopolies …

How do civil servants in district water and sanitation departments address problems of water access in rural … budgets, managing money, and interacting with communities impede or enhance their ability to manage water projects? This … civil servants in the water sector work. This research focuses on civil servants employed by water and sanitation …

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 "sustainability" of rural water supply schemes were first developed, as were … compared with the more conventional supply-based approach to rural water supply. The study found that participatory community …

economy. This study examines how water infrastructure copes with severe weather fluctuations and analyzes the effect of … unreliable water supplies on the productivity of manufacturing firms, focusing predominately on firms in developing economies … to higher water outages, and that the overall impact is driven by the effects of drought on low-income and lower …