The costs and benefits of investing in a toilet

Published on 8 July 2015

Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) are working on a number of sanitation evaluation studies, two of them in India (in the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) and one in Nigeria (in Enugu and Ekiti). In this short review the authors discuss the types of sanitation interventions that will be evaluated in the context of these studies.

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Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) are working on a number of sanitation evaluation studies, two of them in India (in the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) and one in Nigeria (in Enugu and Ekiti). In this short review the authors discuss the types of sanitation interventions that will be evaluated in the context of these studies.

    Authors

    Britta Augsburg
    Britta Augsburg

    Associate Director

    Britta Augsburg is Associate Director at IFS and leads the work on Human Capital Development.

    Bet Caeyers
    Bet Caeyers

    Research Associate FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

    Bet is a Research Associate of the IFS who is an Adjunct Associate Professor at FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

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    DOI
    10.1920/re.ifs.2024.0501
    ISBN
    978-1-909463-94-3
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    B, Augsburg and B, Caeyers and F, Oteiza. (2015). The costs and benefits of investing in a toilet. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/costs-and-benefits-investing-toilet (accessed: 19 July 2026).

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