Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93553 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2012-09
Publisher: 
University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE), Quezon City
Abstract: 
In 2010, the Philippines appeared to be on track to attain by 2015 its target for Millennium Development Goals 4 (Reduce child mortality), but less so for Goal 7 (Ensure environmental sustainability). In pursuit of the latter, the government expands its provision of water and services to more households. Applying propensity score matching technique on the data from the four rounds of a nationwide survey, such interventions are found to reduce the incidence of child diarrhea, a persistent top cause of child mortality, though not always. The impact of improved sources of drinking water is 1.3% to 2.6% in 1993 and 2.9% to 4.6% in 2003, but none is found in 1998 and 2008. The impact of improved sanitation is 1.2% to 2.1% in 1993 and 3.1% to 4.7% in 2008; but none is found in 1998 and 2003. In addition to health interventions, the regular monitoring of the quality of water and sanitation at the household level is suggested to achieve Goal 4.
Subjects: 
Water and sanitation
child health
MDGs
Philippines
JEL: 
I12
I18
O53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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