Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2012-07-17
Number: 12-069/2
Author-Name: Chris Elbers
Author-Email: c.t.m.elbers@vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Author-Name: Samuel Godfrey
Author-Email: s.godfrey@unicef.org
Author-Workplace-Name: UNICEF Mozambique
Author-Name: Jan Willem Gunning
Author-Email: j.w.gunning@vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Author-Name: Matteus van der Velden
Author-Email: mvandervelden@unicef.org
Author-Workplace-Name: UNICEF Mozambique
Author-Name: Melinda Vigh
Author-Email: m.vigh@vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Title: Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique
Abstract: The One Million Initiative aims to give one million people in rural Mozambique access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation by constructing new water points and providing sanitation training. We use panel survey data for 1600 households to analyze the health impact of the Initiative. The paper moves beyond a black box evaluation by analyzing the contribution of various channels through which the interventions affected health. To our knowledge this is the first rigorous evaluation of such a large scale program in the water and sanitation sector. We find that the water point intervention had a sizeable impact on the use of improved water sources and on the health of young children (up to 3 years), while the sanitation training had a strong impact on latrine ownership and on the health of both adults and older children.
Classification-JEL: I15, I18, I38
Keywords: impact evaluation, water and sanitation programs, health impact
File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/12069.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20120069