Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development

Special Issue on:

WASH Economics and Financing: towards a better understanding of costs and benefits

Water, Sanitation and Health is essential for protecting public health and is a human right. It therefore requires investment. However, there is uncertainty about how to allocate resources efficiently as there is limited evidence on the cost efficiency and cost effectiveness of various policy and implementation choices.

In this Special Issue of Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, we invited papers that draw on behavioural insights from economics, finance and related fields to create a fuller picture of WASH cost-effectiveness. Submissions covered topics including:

• Household preferences for WASH goods and services
• Drivers of demand for WASH goods and services
• Valuations and costings of WASH goods and services
• Gender and other (e.g., geography, climate) differentials in the above topics
• Effectiveness of interventions in affecting preferences, demand, uptake of WASH goods and services
• Novel approaches to project or programme financing

Guest Editors:

Britta Augsburg, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Aaron Salzberg, Director, The Water Institute at UNC, USA
Tristano Sainati, Lecturer in Project Management, University of Leeds, UK

Editorial: WASH Economics and Financing: towards a better understanding of costs and benefits

Britta Augsburg, Tristano Sainati

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2020) 10 (4): 615–617.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.002

Unpacking piped water consumption subsidies: Who benefits? New evidence from 10 countries

Laura Abramovsky, Luis Andrés, George Joseph, Juan Pablo Rud, Germán Sember, Michael Thibert

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 691–715.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.073

Sanitation dynamics: toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts

Britta Augsburg, Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 628–641.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.098

An assessment of penetration for pay-to-fetch water kiosks in rural Ghana using the Huff gravity model

Philip T. Deal, David A. Sabatini

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 670–679.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.034

Life-cycle costs approach for private piped water service delivery: a study in rural Viet Nam

Melita Grant, Tim Foster, Dao Van Dinh, Juliet Willetts, Georgia Davis

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 659–669.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.037

Does payment by results work? Lessons from a multi-country WASH programme

Guy Howard, Zach White

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 716–723.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.039

Understanding water demand and usage in Mandalay city, Myanmar as a basis for resetting tariffs

Tanvi Nagpal, Henry Rawlings, Maël Balac

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 680–690.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.076

Interaction of village and school latrines on educational outcomes in India

Jennifer Orgill-Meyer

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 618–627.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.049

Expanding safe fecal sludge management in Kisumu, Kenya: an experimental comparison of latrine pit-emptying services

Rachel Peletz, Andy Feng, Clara MacLeod, Dianne Vernon, Tim Wang, Joan Kones, Caroline Delaire, Salim Haji, Ranjiv Khush

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 744–755.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.060

Benefits and costs of rural sanitation interventions in Ghana

Mark Radin, Brad Wong, Catherine McManus, Saumitra Sinha, Marc Jeuland, Eugene Larbi, Benedict Tuffuor, Noble Kofi Biscoff, Dale Whittington

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 724–743.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.066

Understanding the costs of urban sanitation: towards a standard costing model

Tristano Sainati, Fiona Zakaria, Giorgio Locatelli, P. Andrew Sleigh, Barbara Evans

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 642–658.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.093

Understanding the costs of urban sanitation: towards a standard costing model

James B. Tidwell

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 December 2020) 10 (4): 756–767.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.072

Evaluation of willingness to pay toward improving water supply services in Sebeta town, Ethiopia

Hosea Mutanda Eridadi, Inagaki Yoshihiko, Esayas Alemayehu, Moses Kiwanuka

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (1 March 2021) 11 (2): 282–294.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2021.204