Do remittances improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation in developing countries?

Roger Tsafack (roger.tsafack-nanfosso@univ-dschang.org) and Ronald Djeunankan (nouganronald@yahoo.com)
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Roger Tsafack: University of Dschang
Ronald Djeunankan: Master student, University of Dschang

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 4, 2697-2710

Abstract: This study examines the effect of migrant remittances on access to safe drinking water and sanitation in 116 developing countries over the period 2000-2017. Using the two-steps Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), this study attest the existence of a positive and statistically significant effect of remittances on access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the total, urban and rural populations, respectively. Furthermore, the results show that remittances reduce the urban-rural gap in access to these services. These results remain robust to the use of additional control variables and the use of an alternative measure of remittances.

Keywords: Migrant remittances; Access to water and sanitation; developing countries. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 O5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-29
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