World Bank subsidies study in 10 countries - Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries

2402 views

Page selection:
  • Doreen
  • Doreen's Avatar
    Topic Author
  • Moderator
  • Posts: 220
  • Karma: 26
  • Likes received: 92

World Bank consumption subsidies study in 10 countries

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the new paper from the World Bank titled '
Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries'

Here is the link: documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/50641...loping-Countries.pdf

This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fall short of recovering the costs of service provision, and the resulting subsidies largely fail to achieve their goal of improving the accessibility and affordability of piped water for poor households. Instead, the majority of subsidies in all 10 countries are captured by the richest households. This is in part because the most vulnerable population segments typically face challenges in accessing and connecting to piped water services. The paper also reveals shortcomings in the design of the subsidies, which are conditional on poor households being connected to a piped network.

Best regards, Doreen.
Doreen Mbalo

GIZ Sustainable Sanitation Programme
Policy Advisor in Bonn, Germany
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
E This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The following user(s) like this post: paulvillegas

Please Log in to join the conversation.

You need to login to reply
Page selection:
Share this thread:
Recently active users. Who else has been active?
Time to create page: 0.096 seconds
Powered by Kunena Forum