Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh

This study estimates the nonmonetary, financial, and economic costs of poor sanitation in the areas of health, drinking water, and domestic water, as well as user preference and welfare. Financial costs refer to the direct financial expense paid in...

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Main Author: DeFrancis, Marc P.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16587727/economic-impacts-inadequate-sanitation-bangladesh
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topic ACCESS TO LATRINES
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESS TO SANITATION
ADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGE GROUPS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMAL EXCRETA
BASIC SANITATION
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BENEFITS OF SANITATION
BULLETIN
CASES OF DIARRHEA
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CLINICS
COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
COMMUNITY LATRINES
COST OF WATER
DEATH RATES
DEFECATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEA CASES
DIARRHEAL DISEASE
DIARRHEAL DISEASE PREVALENCE
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
DISEASE RESEARCH
DISEASE TRANSMISSION
DISEASE VECTOR
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WATER
DRAIN
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
EDUCATION STRATEGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
EXCRETA DISPOSAL
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY WELFARE
FEMALES
FERTILITY
FEWER CHILDREN
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
FOOD SAFETY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GLOBAL POPULATION
GOOD SANITATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HANDWASHING
HAZARDS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EXPERTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH SERVICES
HELMINTHES
HOSPITAL
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LATRINES
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DIGNITY
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN EXCRETA
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE EDUCATION
HYGIENE PRACTICE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
HYGIENE PROMOTERS
ILLNESSES
IMPROPER SANITATION
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
INFORMED CHOICES
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
INTERVENTION
INTESTINAL WORMS
ISOLATION
LABOR FORCE
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
LATRINE
LATRINE PIT
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALARIA
MALARIA CASES
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN
MASS MEDIA
MEASLES
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MEDICAL FACILITY
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF PERSONS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
ORT
PARASITES
PATHOGENS
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PERSONAL HYGIENE
PHARMACIES
PIT LATRINE
PIT LATRINES
PNEUMONIA
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION
POOR HEALTH
POOR HYGIENE
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION RESEARCH
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRODUCTIVE YEARS
PROGRESS
PROPER HYGIENE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS
PUBLIC LATRINES
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY WATER
RAINWATER COLLECTION
REGULATORY AGENCIES
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RESOURCE USE
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
RISK FACTORS
RISK OF DEATH
RISK OF ILLNESS
RURAL AREAS
SAFE DISPOSAL
SAFE DISPOSAL OF EXCRETA
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE EXCRETA DISPOSAL
SAFE WATER
SANITARY LATRINES
SANITATION ACCESS
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION FACILITY
SANITATION OPTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SITUATION
SANITATION SOLUTIONS
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SEWERAGE
SEX
SKIN DISEASES
SOAP
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOLID WASTE
STATUS OF SANITATION
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
SYMPTOMS
TOILET
TOILETS
TRACHOMA
TYPHOID
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN SLUMS
USE OF WATER
VECTOR CONTROL
VIRUSES
WASH BOTH HANDS WITH SOAP
WASTE
WATER CONTAMINATION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SANITATION
WATER SOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WATERBORNE DISEASES
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
WORKPLACE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO LATRINES
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESS TO SANITATION
ADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES
AGE DISTRIBUTION
AGE GROUPS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMAL EXCRETA
BASIC SANITATION
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BENEFITS OF SANITATION
BULLETIN
CASES OF DIARRHEA
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CLINICS
COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
COMMUNITY LATRINES
COST OF WATER
DEATH RATES
DEFECATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEA CASES
DIARRHEAL DISEASE
DIARRHEAL DISEASE PREVALENCE
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
DISEASE RESEARCH
DISEASE TRANSMISSION
DISEASE VECTOR
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WATER
DRAIN
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
EDUCATION STRATEGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
EXCRETA DISPOSAL
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY WELFARE
FEMALES
FERTILITY
FEWER CHILDREN
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
FOOD SAFETY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GLOBAL POPULATION
GOOD SANITATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HANDWASHING
HAZARDS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EXPERTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH IMPACT
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH SERVICES
HELMINTHES
HOSPITAL
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LATRINES
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DIGNITY
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN EXCRETA
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE EDUCATION
HYGIENE PRACTICE
HYGIENE PRACTICES
HYGIENE PROMOTERS
ILLNESSES
IMPROPER SANITATION
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
INFORMED CHOICES
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
INTERVENTION
INTESTINAL WORMS
ISOLATION
LABOR FORCE
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
LATRINE
LATRINE PIT
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALARIA
MALARIA CASES
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN
MASS MEDIA
MEASLES
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MEDICAL FACILITY
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF PERSONS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
ORT
PARASITES
PATHOGENS
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PERSONAL HYGIENE
PHARMACIES
PIT LATRINE
PIT LATRINES
PNEUMONIA
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION
POOR HEALTH
POOR HYGIENE
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION RESEARCH
PREMATURE DEATH
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRODUCTIVE YEARS
PROGRESS
PROPER HYGIENE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS
PUBLIC LATRINES
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY WATER
RAINWATER COLLECTION
REGULATORY AGENCIES
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RESOURCE USE
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
RISK FACTORS
RISK OF DEATH
RISK OF ILLNESS
RURAL AREAS
SAFE DISPOSAL
SAFE DISPOSAL OF EXCRETA
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE EXCRETA DISPOSAL
SAFE WATER
SANITARY LATRINES
SANITATION ACCESS
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION FACILITY
SANITATION OPTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SITUATION
SANITATION SOLUTIONS
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SEWERAGE
SEX
SKIN DISEASES
SOAP
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOLID WASTE
STATUS OF SANITATION
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
SYMPTOMS
TOILET
TOILETS
TRACHOMA
TYPHOID
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN SLUMS
USE OF WATER
VECTOR CONTROL
VIRUSES
WASH BOTH HANDS WITH SOAP
WASTE
WATER CONTAMINATION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SANITATION
WATER SOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WATERBORNE DISEASES
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
WORKPLACE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
DeFrancis, Marc P.
Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
relation Water and Sanitation Program;
description This study estimates the nonmonetary, financial, and economic costs of poor sanitation in the areas of health, drinking water, and domestic water, as well as user preference and welfare. Financial costs refer to the direct financial expense paid in monetary terms by someone, such as changes in household and government spending and real income losses for households. Nonmonetary costs consist of both longer-term financial impacts (such as less educated children, fewer children, and loss of working people due to premature death or relevant morbidity), and nonfinancial implications, such as the value of loss of life, time-use of adults and children, and intangible impacts. Bangladesh has made inadequate progress toward the sanitation-related millennium development goal (MDG) target. The country's financial commitment and political priority for sanitation also has shown inadequate progress (Water-Aid, 2008). Therefore, to mitigate the adverse effects of poor sanitation and hygiene practices, intervention is necessary. The aim of this study is to provide concrete evidence of the impact poor sanitation has on the population and the environment and, consequently, on the economy. This study provides estimates of the current and long-term effects of poor sanitation, which cover not only the negative impacts of poor sanitation but also the potential gains that different sanitation interventions could achieve. Policy makers and water and sanitation advocacy organizations are the target audience of this study.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author DeFrancis, Marc P.
author_facet DeFrancis, Marc P.
author_sort DeFrancis, Marc P.
title Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
title_short Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
title_full Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh
title_sort economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in bangladesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16587727/economic-impacts-inadequate-sanitation-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17349
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spelling okr-10986-173492021-04-23T14:03:36Z Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Bangladesh DeFrancis, Marc P. ACCESS TO LATRINES ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR POLLUTION ANIMAL EXCRETA BASIC SANITATION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BENEFITS OF SANITATION BULLETIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CLINICS COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY LATRINES COST OF WATER DEATH RATES DEFECATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIARRHEA CASES DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASE PREVALENCE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DISEASE RESEARCH DISEASE TRANSMISSION DISEASE VECTOR DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC WATER DRAIN DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EDUCATION STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION EXCRETA DISPOSAL FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FEMALES FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOOD SAFETY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL POPULATION GOOD SANITATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDWASHING HAZARDS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPERTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HELMINTHES HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LATRINES HOUSEHOLD REFUSE HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN ENVIRONMENT HUMAN EXCRETA HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE EDUCATION HYGIENE PRACTICE HYGIENE PRACTICES HYGIENE PROMOTERS ILLNESSES IMPROPER SANITATION INADEQUATE SANITATION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED CHOICES INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION INTESTINAL WORMS ISOLATION LABOR FORCE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LATRINE LATRINE PIT LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MASS MEDIA MEASLES MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL STRATEGY NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF PERSONS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORT PARASITES PATHOGENS PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL HYGIENE PHARMACIES PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES PNEUMONIA POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR HYGIENE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DATA POPULATION RESEARCH PREMATURE DEATH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRODUCTIVE YEARS PROGRESS PROPER HYGIENE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS PUBLIC LATRINES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY WATER RAINWATER COLLECTION REGULATORY AGENCIES RESEARCH PROGRAM RESOURCE USE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RISK FACTORS RISK OF DEATH RISK OF ILLNESS RURAL AREAS SAFE DISPOSAL SAFE DISPOSAL OF EXCRETA SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE EXCRETA DISPOSAL SAFE WATER SANITARY LATRINES SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION FACILITY SANITATION OPTIONS SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SITUATION SANITATION SOLUTIONS SANITATION SYSTEMS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SEPTIC TANK SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SEX SKIN DISEASES SOAP SOCIAL ACTION SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLID WASTE STATUS OF SANITATION SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE ACCESS SYMPTOMS TOILET TOILETS TRACHOMA TYPHOID UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN SLUMS USE OF WATER VECTOR CONTROL VIRUSES WASH BOTH HANDS WITH SOAP WASTE WATER CONTAMINATION WATER RESOURCES WATER SANITATION WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT WATERBORNE DISEASES WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE This study estimates the nonmonetary, financial, and economic costs of poor sanitation in the areas of health, drinking water, and domestic water, as well as user preference and welfare. Financial costs refer to the direct financial expense paid in monetary terms by someone, such as changes in household and government spending and real income losses for households. Nonmonetary costs consist of both longer-term financial impacts (such as less educated children, fewer children, and loss of working people due to premature death or relevant morbidity), and nonfinancial implications, such as the value of loss of life, time-use of adults and children, and intangible impacts. Bangladesh has made inadequate progress toward the sanitation-related millennium development goal (MDG) target. The country's financial commitment and political priority for sanitation also has shown inadequate progress (Water-Aid, 2008). Therefore, to mitigate the adverse effects of poor sanitation and hygiene practices, intervention is necessary. The aim of this study is to provide concrete evidence of the impact poor sanitation has on the population and the environment and, consequently, on the economy. This study provides estimates of the current and long-term effects of poor sanitation, which cover not only the negative impacts of poor sanitation but also the potential gains that different sanitation interventions could achieve. Policy makers and water and sanitation advocacy organizations are the target audience of this study. 2014-03-24T22:30:39Z 2014-03-24T22:30:39Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16587727/economic-impacts-inadequate-sanitation-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17349 English en_US Water and Sanitation Program; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh