Economic impacts of sanitation in the Philippines A five-country study conducted in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam under the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI) Rodriguez, U., Jamora, N., Hutton, G. (2008)
The study conducted a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impacts of poor sanitation on health, water, tourism, and other welfare impacts. The inclusion of health was based on well-established links between sanitation and disease incidence. Water impacts were deemed important because poor sanitation is one of the causes of water pollution. This, in turn, leads to costly avertive behavior in response to less usable water resources. Moreover, pollution also aff ects the productivity of water resources by way of lower fi sheries output. Other welfare impacts were included because the absence of sanitary facilities aff ects people in terms of the time spent accessing facilities and productivity in work and school. Finally, tourism was included in the study because poor sanitation facilities could infl uence the country’s attractiveness as a tourist destination.
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Rodriguez, U., Jamora, N., Hutton, G. (2008). Economic impacts of sanitation in the Philippines A five-country study conducted in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam under the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI) World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), USA
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