Does financial inclusion improve sanitation access? Empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Tony Cavoli; Sasidaran Gopalan; Ilke Onur; Stefanos Xenarios

doi:10.1080/07900627.2023.2174360

Does financial inclusion improve sanitation access? Empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Tony Cavoli, Sasidaran Gopalan, Ilke Onur, Stefanos Xenarios

College of Business, Government and Law

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The existing literature does not probe the extent to which promoting financial inclusion can provide an enabling environment to improve access to sanitation services, which is one of the integral objectives of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. This paper empirically examines if traditional and digital financial inclusion can influence access to sanitation services for 84 low- and middle-income countries covering the period 2000–17. Our results establish that both indicators of traditional and digital financial inclusion generate a strong, positive and robust influence on access to sanitation services in lower and middle-income countries, especially in rural areas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	724-745
Number of pages	22
Journal	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Volume	39
Issue number	5
Early online date	6 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2174360
Publication status	Published - 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Financial inclusion
access to sanitation
Sustainable Development Goals
emerging markets and developing economies
panel data

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