The Political Economy of Village Sanitation in South India: Capture or Poor Information?

Despite efforts to mandate and finance local governments' provision of environmental sanitation services, outcomes remain poor in the villages surveyed in the four South Indian states. The analysis indicates some key issues that appear to hinder improvements in sanitation. Local politicians ten...

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Main Authors:	Ban, Radu, Das Gupta, Monica, Rao, Vijayendra
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720 State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories H760 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530
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spelling	okr-10986-49512021-04-23T14:02:20Z The Political Economy of Village Sanitation in South India: Capture or Poor Information? Ban, Radu Das Gupta, Monica Rao, Vijayendra Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720 State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare H750 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories H760 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530 Despite efforts to mandate and finance local governments' provision of environmental sanitation services, outcomes remain poor in the villages surveyed in the four South Indian states. The analysis indicates some key issues that appear to hinder improvements in sanitation. Local politicians tend to capture sanitary infrastructure and cleaning services for themselves, while also keeping major village roads reasonably well-served. Their decisions suggest, however, that they neither understand the health benefits of sanitation, nor the negative externalities to their own health if surrounding areas are poorly served. Our findings suggest that improving sanitary outcomes requires disseminating information on the public goods nature of their health benefits, as well as on the local government's responsibilities. It also requires putting public health regulations in place, along with measures to enable accountability in service provision. 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4951 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India
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description	Despite efforts to mandate and finance local governments' provision of environmental sanitation services, outcomes remain poor in the villages surveyed in the four South Indian states. The analysis indicates some key issues that appear to hinder improvements in sanitation. Local politicians tend to capture sanitary infrastructure and cleaning services for themselves, while also keeping major village roads reasonably well-served. Their decisions suggest, however, that they neither understand the health benefits of sanitation, nor the negative externalities to their own health if surrounding areas are poorly served. Our findings suggest that improving sanitary outcomes requires disseminating information on the public goods nature of their health benefits, as well as on the local government's responsibilities. It also requires putting public health regulations in place, along with measures to enable accountability in service provision.
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title	The Political Economy of Village Sanitation in South India: Capture or Poor Information?
title_short	The Political Economy of Village Sanitation in South India: Capture or Poor Information?
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