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  • Behavioral Insights for the Water Sector : Improving Outcomes by Changing Mindsets (English)

    Challenges in infrastructure sectors go beyond financing and can benefit from a rethink. Behavioral economics has encouraged a broader understanding of human decision making that can be applied to bottlenecks...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 180416 Document Date: November 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo

  • Applying a Behavioral Lens to the Sanitation Sector (English)

    Despite considerable efforts to reach the sustainable development goal (SDG) target 6.2, about 2.3 million people globally still lack basic sanitation services and only 39 percent of the global population...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 180351 Document Date: November 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo

  • Applying a Behavioral Lens to the Water Sector (English)

    The sustainable development goals (SDGs) for water are a greater challenge than the millennium development goals (MDGs) before them. In addition to the addressing the funding gap, existing investments...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 180352 Document Date: November 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo

  • Cholera Risk in Lusaka : A Geospatial Analysis to Inform Improved Water and Sanitation Provision (English)

    Urbanization combined with climate change are exacerbating water scarcity for an increasing number of the world’s emerging cities. Water and sanitation infrastructure, which in the first place was largely...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10469 Document Date: June 5, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gething,Peter William,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Mugabi,Josses,Muximpua,Odete Duarte,Joseph,George,Kagulura,Solomon Sitinadziwe



  • Behavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectors : A Survey (English)

    In the past two decades, insights from behavioral sciences, particularly behavioral economics, have been widely applied in the design of social programs such as pensions, social security, and taxation...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9704 Document Date: June 21, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Miquel-Florensa,Pepita,Bejarano,Hernán D.,Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo

  • Embedding Evidence in the Water Sector Summary Report (English)

    Chapter one posits that many of the challenges that the infrastructure sectors face could benefit from the use of a behavioral lens. It outlines a theoretical framework to view infrastructure challenges...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 158731 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph, George,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Miquel-Florensa, Pepita,Bejarano,Hernan Daniel,Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo,Hoo,Yi Rong

  • An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics (English)

    Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved health care utilization and reducing disease burden due to reinfection. WASH in health...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8924 Document Date: June 27, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Alam,Bushra Binte,Shrestha,Anne,Islam,Khairul,Lahiri,Santanu,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi

  • Why Do So Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania ? An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors (English)

    According to the 2015 Tanzania Water Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the first year. This paper analyzes the various factors...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8729 Document Date: February 5, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Joseph,George,Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Grabinsky Zabludovsky,Jonathan,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Hoo,Yi Rong