Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia

Lack of sanitation and poor hygiene behavior cause a tremendous disease burden among the poor. This paper evaluates the impact of the Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing project in Indonesia, where about 11 percent of children have diarrhea i...

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Main Authors: Cameron, Lisa, Shah, Manisha, Olivia, Susan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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spelling okr-10986-131662021-04-23T14:03:07Z Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia Cameron, Lisa Shah, Manisha Olivia, Susan ABDOMINAL PAIN ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AGE GROUPS AGED AGING ANCYLOSTOMA ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE ANEMIA ARI ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES ATTITUDINAL CHANGE BEHAVIOR CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BETTER HYGIENE BOREHOLES BREASTFEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CAREGIVERS CAUSES OF DEATH CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY HEALTH DEFECATION DESCRIPTION DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE RISK DISTRICTS DRINKING WATER DWELLING EPIDEMIOLOGY FECUNDITY FEMALE GENDER HANDWASHING HAZARD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HELMINTHES HELMINTHIASIS HOOKWORM HOOKWORMS HOUSEHOLDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE HABITS HYGIENE ISSUES HYGIENE PRACTICE HYGIENE PRACTICES ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INADEQUATE SANITATION INADEQUATE WATER INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON LATRINE CONSTRUCTION LATRINES MALNUTRITION MARKETING MATERNAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NASAL CONGESTION NECATOR NECATOR AMERICANUS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARASITOLOGY PATHOGENS PEDIATRICS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL FITNESS PHYSICAL GROWTH POLLUTION POOR HYGIENE PREVALENCE PREVENTABLE DISEASES PUBLIC HEALTH RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION PRACTICES SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION SITUATION SCHISTOSOMA SCHISTOSOMIASIS SOAP SOCIAL MARKETING SOURCES OF WATER STD STUNTING SYMPTOMS TENANCY TOILETS TREATMENT TROPICAL DISEASES TROPICAL MEDICINE TYPHOID VACCINES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WASHING HANDS WASTE WASTING WATER QUALITY WATER SOURCE Lack of sanitation and poor hygiene behavior cause a tremendous disease burden among the poor. This paper evaluates the impact of the Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing project in Indonesia, where about 11 percent of children have diarrhea in any two-week period and more than 33,000 children die each year from diarrhea. The evaluation utilizes a randomized controlled trial but is unusual in that the program was evaluated when implemented at scale across the province of rural East Java in a way that was designed to strengthen the enabling environment and so be sustainable. One hundred and sixty communities across eight rural districts participated, and approximately 2,100 households were interviewed before and after the intervention. The authors found that the project increased toilet construction by approximately 3 percentage points (a 31 percent increase in the rate of toilet construction). The changes were primarily among non-poor households that did not have access to sanitation at baseline. Open defecation among these households decreased by 6 percentage points (or 17 percent). Diarrhea prevalence was 30 percent lower in treatment communities than in control communities at endline (3.3 versus 4.6 percent). The analysis cannot rule out that the differences in drinking water and handwashing behavior drove the decline in diarrhea. Reductions in parasitic infestations and improvements in height and weight were found for the non-poor sample with no sanitation at baseline. 2013-04-11T20:15:09Z 2013-04-11T20:15:09Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17288401/impact-evaluation-large-scale-rural-sanitation-project-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13166 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6360 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic ABDOMINAL PAIN
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
AGE GROUPS
AGED
AGING
ANCYLOSTOMA
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
ANEMIA
ARI
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
ATTITUDINAL CHANGE
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
BETTER HYGIENE
BOREHOLES
BREASTFEEDING
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CAREGIVERS
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD GROWTH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DEFECATION
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSIS
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
DISABILITY
DISEASE BURDEN
DISEASE RISK
DISTRICTS
DRINKING WATER
DWELLING
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FECUNDITY
FEMALE
GENDER
HANDWASHING
HAZARD
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HELMINTHES
HELMINTHIASIS
HOOKWORM
HOOKWORMS
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE HABITS
HYGIENE ISSUES
HYGIENE PRACTICE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
ILLNESSES
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INADEQUATE WATER
INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
IRON
LATRINE CONSTRUCTION
LATRINES
MALNUTRITION
MARKETING
MATERNAL HEALTH
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
NASAL CONGESTION
NECATOR
NECATOR AMERICANUS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PARASITOLOGY
PATHOGENS
PEDIATRICS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL FITNESS
PHYSICAL GROWTH
POLLUTION
POOR HYGIENE
PREVALENCE
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION PRACTICES
SANITATION SERVICES
SANITATION SITUATION
SCHISTOSOMA
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SOAP
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOURCES OF WATER
STD
STUNTING
SYMPTOMS
TENANCY
TOILETS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL DISEASES
TROPICAL MEDICINE
TYPHOID
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WASHING HANDS
WASTE
WASTING
WATER QUALITY
WATER SOURCE
spellingShingle ABDOMINAL PAIN
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION
ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
AGE GROUPS
AGED
AGING
ANCYLOSTOMA
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
ANEMIA
ARI
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
ATTITUDINAL CHANGE
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
BETTER HYGIENE
BOREHOLES
BREASTFEEDING
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CAREGIVERS
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD GROWTH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DEFECATION
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSIS
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
DISABILITY
DISEASE BURDEN
DISEASE RISK
DISTRICTS
DRINKING WATER
DWELLING
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FECUNDITY
FEMALE
GENDER
HANDWASHING
HAZARD
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HELMINTHES
HELMINTHIASIS
HOOKWORM
HOOKWORMS
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE HABITS
HYGIENE ISSUES
HYGIENE PRACTICE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
ILLNESSES
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INADEQUATE WATER
INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
IRON
LATRINE CONSTRUCTION
LATRINES
MALNUTRITION
MARKETING
MATERNAL HEALTH
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
NASAL CONGESTION
NECATOR
NECATOR AMERICANUS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PARASITOLOGY
PATHOGENS
PEDIATRICS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL FITNESS
PHYSICAL GROWTH
POLLUTION
POOR HYGIENE
PREVALENCE
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION PRACTICES
SANITATION SERVICES
SANITATION SITUATION
SCHISTOSOMA
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SOAP
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOURCES OF WATER
STD
STUNTING
SYMPTOMS
TENANCY
TOILETS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL DISEASES
TROPICAL MEDICINE
TYPHOID
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WASHING HANDS
WASTE
WASTING
WATER QUALITY
WATER SOURCE
Cameron, Lisa
Shah, Manisha
Olivia, Susan
Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6360
description Lack of sanitation and poor hygiene behavior cause a tremendous disease burden among the poor. This paper evaluates the impact of the Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing project in Indonesia, where about 11 percent of children have diarrhea in any two-week period and more than 33,000 children die each year from diarrhea. The evaluation utilizes a randomized controlled trial but is unusual in that the program was evaluated when implemented at scale across the province of rural East Java in a way that was designed to strengthen the enabling environment and so be sustainable. One hundred and sixty communities across eight rural districts participated, and approximately 2,100 households were interviewed before and after the intervention. The authors found that the project increased toilet construction by approximately 3 percentage points (a 31 percent increase in the rate of toilet construction). The changes were primarily among non-poor households that did not have access to sanitation at baseline. Open defecation among these households decreased by 6 percentage points (or 17 percent). Diarrhea prevalence was 30 percent lower in treatment communities than in control communities at endline (3.3 versus 4.6 percent). The analysis cannot rule out that the differences in drinking water and handwashing behavior drove the decline in diarrhea. Reductions in parasitic infestations and improvements in height and weight were found for the non-poor sample with no sanitation at baseline.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Cameron, Lisa
Shah, Manisha
Olivia, Susan
author_facet Cameron, Lisa
Shah, Manisha
Olivia, Susan
author_sort Cameron, Lisa
title Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
title_short Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
title_full Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
title_fullStr Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Impact Evaluation of a Large-scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
title_sort impact evaluation of a large-scale rural sanitation project in indonesia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17288401/impact-evaluation-large-scale-rural-sanitation-project-indonesia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13166
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