Examining the economics of affordability through water diaries in Coastal Bangladesh.
Findings from an 18-week water diary study that documented daily water choices and expenditures of a sample of 120 households
Abstract
Monitoring affordability of drinking water services is constrained by data gaps from traditional approaches that rely on cross-sectional data from infrequent, nationally representative surveys. Estimates of income or expenditure ratios spent on accessing a main source of drinking water are poorly equipped to reflect affordability in rural contexts where poor people often resort to multiple sources of varying costs, quality and distance to cope with unreliable or absent water supplies. This research present findings from an 18-week water diary study that documented daily water choices and expenditures of a stratified sample of 120 households in coastal Bangladesh.
This work is part of the REACH ‘Improving Water Security for the Poor’ programme
Citation
Hoque, S. and Hope, R. (2019). Examining the economics of affordability through water diaries in Coastal Bangladesh. Water Economics and Policy, doi: 10.1142/S2382624X19500115.
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Examining the economics of affordability through water diaries in Coastal Bangladesh