Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267958 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Paper No. W22/27
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
I provide evidence of the severe social costs imposed by infrastructure projects that are being implemented (i.e., projects started but not yet completed) in the context of sewerage in Peru. Using a counterfactual implementation predicted from geography-based cost considerations as an instrument, I show that implemented projects increase infant and under-five mortality. These results are driven by hazards, poor hygienic conditions and unsafe behavior, which increase deaths by waterborne diseases and accidents. Delays and mid-construction halting are common, and exacerbate the lethal effects of projects. Failing to take the implementation phase into account could severely bias the welfare evaluation of infrastructure.
Subjects: 
Infrastructure
Implementation
Public Expenditure
Mortality
Instrumental Variable
JEL: 
C36
H54
I15
J18
N36
O18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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