The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms
The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using fir...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115711527691541143/The-burden-of-water-shortages-on-informal-firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29886 |
| Summary: | The informal sector in developing
economies is a significant source of livelihood for a
sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the
effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of
informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for
12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings
indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the
total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to
annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly
sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample
that uses water for business activities. |
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