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The impact of piped water supply on household welfare: New perspectives

  • Rachel Tsukada
  • , Degol Hailu

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Abstract

In the absence of piped water from a utility company, households rely on alternative supply from small-scale private providers. We quantify losses of wellbeing associated with using small-scale private providers instead of piped water from the utility company. We measure welfare in
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationMaastricht
PublisherUNU-MERIT
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2016

Publication series

SeriesUNU-MERIT Working Papers
Number046
ISSN1871-9872

JEL classifications

  • d13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
  • i18 - "Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health"
  • l33 - "Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out"
  • l95 - "Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities"
  • o15 - "Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration"

Keywords

  • piped water
  • small-scale private provision
  • welfare loss
  • synthetic index

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