The costs and benefits of investing in a toilet: views from Indian and Nigerian households and their policy implications
This study uses data on households鈥� perceptions about the costs and benefits of toilet uptake
Abstract
Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) are working on a number of sanitation evaluation studies in India (in the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) and in Nigeria (in Enugu and Ekiti).
In this note, they use data on households鈥� perceptions about the costs and benefits of toilet uptake to better understand why toilet uptake remains low, despite the high returns to sanitation.
This is a part of the 鈥業mproving productivity in developing countries: Identifying bottlenecks and obstacles to investments and technology adoption鈥� Project
Citation
Britta Augsburg, Bet Caeyers Francisco Oteiza. (2015) The costs and benefits of investing in a toilet: views from Indian and Nigerian households and their policy implications. Institute for Fiscal Studies
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