Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?

Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?

The World Bank’s Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund supported a randomized controlled trial from 2015-2018 to assess the extent to which subsidized microloans can enable households to build and use improved toilets. The loans, which carried zero inte...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
MICROFINANCE
WATER AND SANITATION
STRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND
IMPROVED TOILET
RURAL SANITATION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206551606973893265/Philippines-Can-Subsidized-Microloans-Increase-Toilet-Ownership-and-Use-for-Poor-Households
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spelling okr-10986-348972021-04-23T14:02:11Z Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households? World Bank MICROFINANCE WATER AND SANITATION STRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND IMPROVED TOILET RURAL SANITATION SOCIAL SAFETY NET The World Bank’s Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund supported a randomized controlled trial from 2015-2018 to assess the extent to which subsidized microloans can enable households to build and use improved toilets. The loans, which carried zero interest, included toilet installation and were offered to poor beneficiaries who also received sanitation behavior change promotion as part of a social safety net program. The large financial subsidy led to modestly higher coverage of improved toilets, better toilet quality, and greater satisfaction, while the small subsidy did not improve access to improved sanitation. Among those who took out the subsidized loans, 59 percent already had improved toilets, which explains the limited effects on improved sanitation and open defecation. Overall, these findings suggest that subsidy programs hold promise, but need to be better targeted. 2020-12-08T14:19:44Z 2020-12-08T14:19:44Z 2020-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206551606973893265/Philippines-Can-Subsidized-Microloans-Increase-Toilet-Ownership-and-Use-for-Poor-Households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34897 English From Evidence to Policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic MICROFINANCE
WATER AND SANITATION
STRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND
IMPROVED TOILET
RURAL SANITATION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
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WATER AND SANITATION
STRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND
IMPROVED TOILET
RURAL SANITATION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
World Bank
Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
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description The World Bank’s Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund supported a randomized controlled trial from 2015-2018 to assess the extent to which subsidized microloans can enable households to build and use improved toilets. The loans, which carried zero interest, included toilet installation and were offered to poor beneficiaries who also received sanitation behavior change promotion as part of a social safety net program. The large financial subsidy led to modestly higher coverage of improved toilets, better toilet quality, and greater satisfaction, while the small subsidy did not improve access to improved sanitation. Among those who took out the subsidized loans, 59 percent already had improved toilets, which explains the limited effects on improved sanitation and open defecation. Overall, these findings suggest that subsidy programs hold promise, but need to be better targeted.
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title Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
title_short Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
title_full Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
title_fullStr Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
title_full_unstemmed Philippines : Can Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?
title_sort philippines : can subsidized microloans increase toilet ownership and use for poor households?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206551606973893265/Philippines-Can-Subsidized-Microloans-Increase-Toilet-Ownership-and-Use-for-Poor-Households
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