combining these financing mechanisms. We draw on a cluster RCT in rural India of a sanitation labelled microcredit program …, implemented by chance around the onset of a large sanitation policy comprising partial subsidies – Swacch Bharat or ‘Clean India …, we provide rigorous evidence of the impacts of labelled microcredit on household sanitation investment and borrowing …

behavior. We find that health promotion generally worked through both convincing households to invest in in-home sanitation … sanitation construction may be needed to reduce open defecation enough to generate meaningful improvements in child health …

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 …

and sanitation outcomes, taking also into account the institutions related to public service delivery, including freedom … negatively associated. Aid volatility is associated with better outcomes in sanitation, water and infant mortality, contrary to …

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 …