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A less expensive toilet: the impact of targeted subsidies on latrine purchases in Cambodia
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Christopher Nicoletti, Reimar Macaranas, Greg Lestikow, D. HudneriDE’s sanitation marketing efforts in Cambodia have resulted in over 250,000 sales of improved pourflush
latrines. Despite the overall efficacy of this approach, iDE recognizes that market actors are not
necessarily incentivized to reach the poorest segments of the market. iDE and Causal Design utilized a
randomized controlled trial, in which poor households in treatment villages were offered partial
subsidies, financing and cash-only options, while control-village households were offered only financing
or cash-only purchase options, to test which financing mechanism leads to the greatest coverage change
among poor households, while having the least distortionary effect on the market. The study finds uptake
rates among poor households increased by 14-16 percent compared to the control group, while there was
no significant effect on non-poor households. This study provides compelling evidence for the impact, as
well as increased cost-effectiveness, of well-targeted subsidies on latrine uptake among lower-income
households in a market-based approach.
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NICOLETTI, C. ... et al, 2017. A less expensive toilet: the impact of targeted subsidies on latrine purchases in Cambodia. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Local action with international cooperation to improve and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: Proceedings of the 40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK, 24-28 July 2017, Paper 2658, 6pp.Publisher
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