Title | Social returns from drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education : a case study of two coastal villages in Kerala |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2002 |
Authors | Pushpangadan, K |
Secondary Title | Working paper / CDS (Kerala) |
Volume | no. 333 |
Pagination | 29 p. : 2 fig., 8 tab. |
Date Published | 2002-05-01 |
Publisher | Centre for Development Studies (Kerala), CDS |
Place Published | Thiruvananthapuram, India |
Keywords | case studies, health education, health impact, impact assessment, india kerala, poverty, sanitation, sdiasi, sdiman, social aspects, water supply |
Abstract |
The major share of financial resources needed for the provision of drinking water and sanitation in rural India comes from budget allocations earmarked mainly for the poor. This means that the distribution of these basic goods and services is governed by non-market principles. Such commodities are classified as merit goods in the public finance literature. Such goods are not allocated on the basis of investment criteria such as social rates of return/cost-benefit ratio. However, cost effectiveness is, whether practised or not, usually necessary for its provision. From the investment point of view, the criteria of cost effectiveness alone would not attract funds for the sector. The share of investment in GDP in the sector compared with that of other social sectors in India lends support to such a conjecture. This research strongly recommends that a capabilities approach should be used for the valuation of benefits from water supply, sanitation and hygiene education. |
Notes | 19 ref. |
Custom 1 | 202.3, 302.3 |