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

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T14:19:44Z
dc.date.available2020-12-08T14:19:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206551606973893265/Philippines-Can-Subsidized-Microloans-Increase-Toilet-Ownership-and-Use-for-Poor-Households
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34897
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34897
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFrom Evidence to Policy;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMICROFINANCE
dc.subjectWATER AND SANITATION
dc.subjectSTRATEGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FUND
dc.subjectIMPROVED TOILET
dc.subjectRURAL SANITATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NET
dc.titlePhilippinesen
dc.title.subtitleCan Subsidized Microloans Increase Toilet Ownership and Use for Poor Households?en
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okr.date.disclosure2020-12-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:02:11.935726Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206551606973893265/Philippines-Can-Subsidized-Microloans-Increase-Toilet-Ownership-and-Use-for-Poor-Households
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryPhilippines
okr.topicRural Development::Rural & Small Town Water & Sanitation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Hygiene Promotion and Social Marketing
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.unitEducation Global (HEDGE)
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