The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms

Islam, Asif

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: WATER SCARCITY;    WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;    FIRM PRODUCTIVITY;    INFORMAL SECTOR;    WATER DEMAND;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8457
RP-ID  :  WPS8457

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The informal sector in developingeconomies is a significant source of livelihood for asizable portion of the population. This study uncovers theeffect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity ofinformal firms. This is achieved using firm-level data for12 developing economies between 2009 and 2014. The findingsindicate that an increase of one standard deviation of thetotal duration of water shortages in a month can lead toannual average losses of about 14.5 percent of the monthlysales per worker for the average informal firm in the samplethat uses water for business activities.