The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms
The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for 12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample that uses water for business activities.
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| Subjects: | WATER SCARCITY, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRM PRODUCTIVITY, INFORMAL SECTOR, WATER DEMAND, |
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dig-okr-10986298862024-05-03T07:39:44Z The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms Islam, Asif WATER SCARCITY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INFORMAL SECTOR WATER DEMAND The informal sector in developing economies is a significant source of livelihood for a sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for 12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample that uses water for business activities. 2018-06-18T20:14:18Z 2018-06-18T20:14:18Z 2018-05 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115711527691541143/The-burden-of-water-shortages-on-informal-firms https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29886 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8457 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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The informal sector in developing
economies is a significant source of livelihood for a
sizable portion of the population. This study uncovers the
effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of
informal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for
12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findings
indicate that an increase of one standard deviation of the
total duration of water shortages in a month can lead to
annual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthly
sales per worker for the average informal firm in the sample
that uses water for business activities. |
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The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms |
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The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms |
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