Community matters: Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation intervention

Abramovsky, Laura; Augsburg, Britta; Lührmann, Melanie; Oteiza, Francisco; Rud, Juan Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106197

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“…In a different study, Orgill-Meyer et al (2019) examine the long-term impact of the same community-led sanitation campaign in rural India and find that significant differences in ownership of latrines and open defecation exist between households in treatment and control villages 4 years after the intervention. In a different cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Nigeria, Abramovsky et al (2023) evaluate the efficacy of a community-led total sanitation intervention, which involves community meetings and dissemination of information on toilet use and construction. Their findings indicate that such interventions lead to a 3 percentage points reduction in open defecation over a period of 24 months, with stronger impacts among the asset poorest half of the studied communities (Abramovsky et al, 2023).…”

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“…In a different cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Nigeria, Abramovsky et al (2023) evaluate the efficacy of a community‐led total sanitation intervention, which involves community meetings and dissemination of information on toilet use and construction. Their findings indicate that such interventions lead to a 3 percentage points reduction in open defecation over a period of 24 months, with stronger impacts among the asset poorest half of the studied communities (Abramovsky et al, 2023). Using an RCT coupled with a lab‐in‐the‐filed social network experiment in urban Dakar, Deutschmann et al (2021) show that the adoption of sanitary technology among neighbors results in similar behavior among other households.…”

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Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?

Paudel

2023

Review Development Economics

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This article exploits a plausibly exogenous variation in peak ground acceleration to evaluate the impact of the 2015 earthquake on water and sanitation services among affected households in Nepal. Estimates from a difference‐in‐differences research design show that the severity of the earthquake is associated with a 9.4 percentage point decline in the likelihood of washing hands, a 6.63 percentage point decline in the likelihood of using water filters and an 18.16 percentage point decline in the likelihood of using flush to a piped sewer system. These negative effects of seismic shocks on binary indicators of water treatment and toilet services continue to persist even in earthquake‐affected districts where aid for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services was allocated for disbursement. While prospects of leakage in aid distribution across different levels of governance cannot be empirically tested, findings indicate that effective implementation of WASH‐related aid can partially mitigate disaster‐induced adverse outcomes related to water treatment and toilet services.

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Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?

Paudel

2023

Review Development Economics

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“…Indonesia's population is one of the largest in the world, ranking fourth after China, India, and the United States [6]. About 85% of the population of some developing countries still lack access to safe sanitation [2]. In Indonesia, sanitation issues are also still a serious concern, especially in rural and remote areas that still face challenges in accessing adequate sanitation.…”

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Determinants of the influence of community participation on the sustainability of local system community-based sanitation programs in Temanggung Regency

Sunaryo,

Soewondo

2024

E3S Web of Conf.

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Community-based Sanitation (SANIMAS) is an activity to address sanitation problems in Indonesia. 88% of communities in Temanggung Regency dispose of domestic wastewater directly into the river without any prior treatment. As an effort to protect the environment, the SANIMAS program was developed with the Local Domestic Waste Management System (SPALDS). The objective is to identify the relationship between factors influencing community participation and the sustainability of the SANIMAS program. Factors influencing community participation are technological, institutional, financial and economic, socio-cultural, and environmental. Community participation is determined based on the SANIMAS program stages, namely input, process, and output as well as the sustainability of the SANIMAS program. This research uses the quantitative method of Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with Smart PLS version 3.0. The results of this study indicate that technological, institutional, financial and economic, and socio-cultural factors have a positive effect on community participation and sustainability. Technological, institutional, and socio-cultural factors have a significant effect on community participation and sustainability with T-statistic values 2.659, 2.136, and 2.73 and P-values 0.008, 0.033, and 0.007. These factors affect the positive and significant correlation of community participation to the sustainability of the SANIMAS program.

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“…Despite the widespread use of CLTS and the evidence that CLTS improves health and sanitation [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ], concerns and limitations have been identified. First, there is a lack of rigorous evidence regarding the impact of CLTS on latrine ownership.…”

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Effects of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Boosting and Household Factors on Latrine Ownership in Siaya County, Kenya

Wasonga,

Miyamichi,

Hitachi

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a widely used approach for enhancing sanitation practices. However, the impact of boosted CLTS on household latrine ownership has not been adequately evaluated. This study aims to investigate the factors associated with latrine possession among households, with a specific focus on single and CLTS-boosting implementation. A community-based repeated cross-sectional study was conducted in Siaya County, Kenya, involving 512 households at the baseline and 423 households at the follow-up. Data were analyzed using the mixed-effects logistic regression model. At the baseline, latrine possession was significantly associated with CLTS implementation (adjusted OR [aOR]: 3.01; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.41–6.44), literacy among households (aOR: 1.83; 95% CI: 1.12–2.98) and higher socioeconomic status (SES) (second level: aOR: 2.48; 95% CI:1.41–4.36, third level: aOR: 3.11; 95% CI: 1.76–5.50, fourth level: aOR: 10.20; 95% CI: 5.07–20.54). At follow-up, CLTS boosting (aOR: 7.92; 95% CI: 1.77–35.45) and a higher SES were associated with increased latrine ownership (second level: aOR: 2.04; 95% CI: 0.97–4.26, third level: aOR: 7.73; 95% CI: 2.98–20.03, fourth level: aOR: 9.93; 95% CI: 3.14–28.35). These findings highlight the significant role played by both single and CLST boosting in promoting universal latrine ownership and empowering vulnerable households to understand the importance of sanitation and open defecation-free practices.

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Community matters: Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation intervention

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?

Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?

Determinants of the influence of community participation on the sustainability of local system community-based sanitation programs in Temanggung Regency

Effects of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Boosting and Household Factors on Latrine Ownership in Siaya County, Kenya

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