Economic Assessment of Sanitation Interventions in the Philippines

The Philippines is well on its way to achieving the sanitation target, which is part of a combined drinking water and sanitation target within the Millennium Development Goal (MDG). As of 2008, about 76 percent of its population had access to improved sanitation facilities (JMP 2010). This is nearly 18 percentage points higher than the estimates for 1990 and 3 percentage points short of the MDG target for sanitation. This study aims to generate evidence on the costs and benefits of sanitation improvements in different contexts in the Philippines. Conducted with a view towards identifying the most economically efficient options under different conditions, it aims to contribute to the decision making processes of government, donor agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other institutions. The study quantified the costs and benefits associated with various sanitation options in different study sites. The benefits included the impacts on health, water sources and treatment, access time, and the reuse of human excreta. The costs included capital or investment costs and the recurrent costs associated with various sanitation options. The costs and benefits of the sanitation options were synthesized using standard indicators of economic efficiency. These indicators included the benefit-cost ratio, cost-effectiveness ratio, net present value, internal rate of the return, and payback period of sanitation options. Cost-effectiveness ratios cost per disability life year averted, cost per disease case averted, cost per death averted were also calculated.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO FINANCE, ACCESS TO MARKET, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ASSETS, BANKS, BORROWER, BORROWING, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CASH FLOW, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL BORROWING, COMMERCIAL DEBT, COMMERCIAL FINANCE, COMMERCIAL FINANCING, COMMERCIAL LENDERS, COMMERCIAL TERMS, COST RECOVERY, COST RECOVERY POLICIES, CREDIT ASSESSMENT, CREDIT MANAGEMENT, CREDIT RATING, CREDIT RATING COMPANY, CREDIT RATINGS, CREDIT STANDING, DEBT, DEBT CAPACITY, DEBT FINANCE, DEBT SERVICE, DOMESTIC CREDIT, DOMESTIC CURRENCY, DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS, DOMESTIC MARKETS, EXPANSION, EXPENDITURE, EXPLOITATION, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, FINANCE CORPORATION, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL RESOURCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIERS, FLEXIBLE LOAN, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INVESTMENT COSTS, INVESTMENT PLANS, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, LENDER, LENDERS, LEVELS OF DEBT, LEVERAGE, LIQUIDATION, LIQUIDATION VALUE, LIQUIDITY, LOAN, MARKET FINANCE, MARKET INTEREST RATES, OPERATING COST, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, POOR CONSUMERS, PRIVATE FINANCIAL SECTOR, PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RECEIVABLES, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RETURN, RETURNS, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION PROVIDERS, SANITATION SERVICES, SECURITY STRUCTURE, SEWERAGE COMPANY, SEWERAGE CORPORATION, SOLVENT, SUSTAINABLE SERVICES, TARIFF POLICIES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN UTILITIES, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SERVICES, URBAN WATER UTILITIES, UTILITY CREDITWORTHINESS, WATER RESOURCE, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER UTILITIES, WATER UTILITY, WORKING CAPITAL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16724481/economic-assessment-sanitation-interventions-philippines https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17391
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