Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/254247 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Paper No. W21/46
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
We implement a mixed method approach that combines a randomized controlled trial and qualitative data collection to assess whether, and if so how, behavioural change can be sustained. We do so in the context of Pakistan's national sanitation strategy to combat open defecation, Community-Led Total Sanitation. Our findings demonstrate that continued follow-up activities, that build on the original intervention, reduced reversal to unsafe sanitation, but only where initial conditions are unfavourable -i.e. poor public infrastructure and low-quality sanitation facilities. Promotion efforts are hence best targeted towards those that face larger difficulties in constructing and maintaining high quality sanitation.
Subjects: 
behaviour change
sustainability
basic services
water and sanitation
health
infrastructure
maintenance
JEL: 
C93
I12
I15
I18
O18
Q53
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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