The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms

The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using fir...

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Main Author:	Islam, Asif
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	WATER SCARCITY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INFORMAL SECTOR WATER DEMAND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115711527691541143/The-burden-of-water-shortages-on-informal-firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29886

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spelling	okr-10986-298862021-06-08T14:42:46Z The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms Islam, Asif WATER SCARCITY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INFORMAL SECTOR WATER DEMAND The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for 12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample that uses water for business activities. 2018-06-18T20:14:18Z 2018-06-18T20:14:18Z 2018-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115711527691541143/The-burden-of-water-shortages-on-informal-firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29886 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8457 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa East Asia Latin America
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description	The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for 12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample that uses water for business activities.
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author	Islam, Asif
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title	The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms
title_short	The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms
title_full	The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
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The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms

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