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Impact of improved water services in informal neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou

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  • Anne Briand
  • Amandine Loyal Laré-Dondarini

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This article examines the impact of a project to improve water services in underserved neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou on household water access conditions. We used the propensity-score matching method to analyse data from a survey carried out in 2011, and found that the improvement project cut the cost of water neighbourhood-wide by 94 CFA francs per cubic meter, reduced the portion of this expense by 1% of the average household budget, and cut the daily time to collect water by 10–13 min. The results that we obtained through the propensity-score matching method differ from those obtained by simply comparing the averages of the neighbourhoods participating in the project to those that did not participate. This indicates that the propensity-score matching method of impact evaluation is valuable in supplying decision makers with nonbiased estimates of the link between ease of access to water and poverty reduction.

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  • Anne Briand & Amandine Loyal Laré-Dondarini, 2017. "Impact of improved water services in informal neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(16), pages 1571-1583, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:49:y:2017:i:16:p:1571-1583
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1221044
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    1. Anne Briand & Noukignon Kone, 2020. "Poverty eradication by improving waste collection: an African case study," Working Papers hal-02430455, HAL.
    2. Anne Briand & Author-Name: Noukignon Koné, 2018. "Poverty eradication by improving waste collection: an African case study," Working Papers 20180003, UMR Développement et Sociétés, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement.

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