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Access to Improved Water Sources and Rural Productivity: Analytical Framework and Cross-country Evidence

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In this study we address the issue of access to drinking water in rural areas related to agricultural productivity performance. Considering an agricultural household model as our basic conceptual framework, we analyze the theoretical aspects of increasing the access rate to drinking water on agricultural productivity. First, we show that the increased access rate to drinking water is conducive to agricultural productivity due to increased intrinsic productivity of individuals and additional gain in time for agricultural production. Second, it transpires that the constraints on the access to drinking water may be costly in terms of decreased productivity and well-being of rural people. Furthermore, based on a sample of 27 African countries over the period 1990-2010, estimation results do not reject the assumption that increasing access to drinking water has a positive effect on rural productivity growth. This positive effect is reinforced by the presence of a better sanitation system, even after controlling for country-specific effects and for the characteristics of rural areas.

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halshs-00711123 , version 1 (22-06-2012)

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Youssouf Kiendrebeogo. Access to Improved Water Sources and Rural Productivity: Analytical Framework and Cross-country Evidence. African Development Review, 2012, 24 (2), pp.153-166. ⟨halshs-00711123⟩
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