Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

This paper applies cost-efficiency analysis to an intervention that promotes behavior change for rural sanitation in Tanzania. The campaign targets a number of potential beneficiaries, out of which some are effectively encouraged to adopt the new practices (beneficiaries). As a result, the cost-effi...

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Main Authors:	Briceño, Bertha, Chase, Claire
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	sanitation behavior change
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23557

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spelling	okr-10986-235572021-04-23T14:04:16Z Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania Briceño, Bertha Chase, Claire sanitation behavior change This paper applies cost-efficiency analysis to an intervention that promotes behavior change for rural sanitation in Tanzania. The campaign targets a number of potential beneficiaries, out of which some are effectively encouraged to adopt the new practices (beneficiaries). As a result, the cost-efficiency of the program depends on the extent of take-up of improved sanitation by the target population, unknown in advance. To correctly account for the costs of households gaining access under this demand-driven approach, both costs (investments) and increased access to sanitation are considered outcomes and are estimated from samples of beneficiary and control populations, using a randomized-controlled trial design. Results show that sanitation promotion did not lead to higher investment relative to the control group and that the cost-per-person effectively gaining access to sanitation is substantially higher than the cost-per-person targeted or at-reach of the campaign. Using these estimates, the authors found that universal coverage can be obtained for the equivalent of 4 per cent of Tanzania’s national GDP (2013). They also used parameters estimated from the study to simulate cost-per-person of the program when take-up increases (efficiency gains). 2016-01-05T18:33:20Z 2016-01-05T18:33:20Z 2015-11-03 Journal Article Journal of Development Effectiveness 1943-9342 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23557 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Tanzania
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spellingShingle	sanitation behavior change Briceño, Bertha Chase, Claire Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
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description	This paper applies cost-efficiency analysis to an intervention that promotes behavior change for rural sanitation in Tanzania. The campaign targets a number of potential beneficiaries, out of which some are effectively encouraged to adopt the new practices (beneficiaries). As a result, the cost-efficiency of the program depends on the extent of take-up of improved sanitation by the target population, unknown in advance. To correctly account for the costs of households gaining access under this demand-driven approach, both costs (investments) and increased access to sanitation are considered outcomes and are estimated from samples of beneficiary and control populations, using a randomized-controlled trial design. Results show that sanitation promotion did not lead to higher investment relative to the control group and that the cost-per-person effectively gaining access to sanitation is substantially higher than the cost-per-person targeted or at-reach of the campaign. Using these estimates, the authors found that universal coverage can be obtained for the equivalent of 4 per cent of Tanzania’s national GDP (2013). They also used parameters estimated from the study to simulate cost-per-person of the program when take-up increases (efficiency gains).
format	Journal Article
author	Briceño, Bertha Chase, Claire
author_facet	Briceño, Bertha Chase, Claire
author_sort	Briceño, Bertha
title	Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
title_short	Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
title_full	Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
title_fullStr	Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed	Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
title_sort	cost-efficiency of rural sanitation promotion : activity-based costing and experimental evidence from tanzania
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23557
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Cost-Efficiency of Rural Sanitation Promotion : Activity-Based Costing and Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

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