SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.50 issue196Productivity and Rate of Surplus Value at International Level: An Empirical EvaluationCreative Economy and Urban Wages in Mexico author indexsubject indexsearch form
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Problemas del desarrollo

Print version ISSN 0301-7036

Abstract

PINILLA-RODRIGUEZ, Diego E.  and  TORRES-SANCHEZ, Yadier A.. Public Social Expenditure, Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation for Rural Populations in Latin America. Prob. Des [online]. 2019, vol.50, n.196, pp.55-81. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2019.196.63499.

The aim of this study is to shed light on the nature of the relationship between public social spending and water and sanitation coverage for rural populations in Latin America between 1994 and 2014. Using generalized least squares, four models were proposed to describe the relationship between the percentage of coverage in both urban and rural populations with public social spending, as well as with other control variables. Their co-integration has also been established. The evidence indicates that there is a highly-consistent positive correlation between public social spending and the level of coverage in those rural populations in which high access costs are normally incurred. These costs increase when there is no nearby water source or participation mechanisms. Therefore, state intervention has been necessary to increase coverage.

Keywords : Public social spending; drinking water; sanitation; rural populations; public infrastructure; econometric analysis.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in English | Spanish     · English ( pdf ) | Spanish ( pdf )