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Do Community Water Sources Provide Safe Drinking Water?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Rural Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorCocciolo, Serena
dc.contributor.authorGhisolfi, Selene
dc.contributor.authorHabib, Ahasan Md.
dc.contributor.authorRashid, S.M.A.
dc.contributor.authorTompsett, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T18:09:37Z
dc.date.available2024-01-04T18:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-04
dc.description.abstractHealth, and in turn income and welfare, depend on access to safe drinking water. Although the majority of rural households worldwide obtain drinking water from community water sources, there is limited evidence about how effectively these sources provide safe drinking water. This study combines a randomized experiment with water quality testing to evaluate the impact of a program that provides community deep tubewells in rural Bangladesh. The program reduces exposure to arsenic, a major natural pollutant, but not fecal contamination. Households may use fewer sources with fecal contamination, but any such effects are offset by recontamination through transport and possibly storage. The results suggest that while community deep-tubewell construction programs may reduce exposure to arsenic in Bangladesh, reducing exposure to fecal contamination may require interventions that go beyond community sources.en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40837
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40837
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDEEP TUBEWELLS
dc.subjectBANGLADESH
dc.subjectARSENIC
dc.titleDo Community Water Sources Provide Safe Drinking Water?en
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from a Randomized Experiment in Rural Bangladeshen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/4/969/6291932 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleDo Community Water Sources Provide Safe Drinking Water?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Rural Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2021-06-04
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doidoi.org/10.1093/wber/lhab006
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40837
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber969–998
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Participation
okr.topicWater Resources::Freshwater Resources
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Indicators
okr.volume35 (4)
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