2025
To use financial incentives or not? Insights from experiments in encouraging sanitation investments in four countries
Gautam S, Gechter M, Guiteras R, Mobarak A. To use financial incentives or not? Insights from experiments in encouraging sanitation investments in four countries. World Development 2025, 187: 106791. PMCID: PMC11659501, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFinancial incentivesPoverty statusSanitation investmentsPolicy concernsHygienic latrinesInclusion criteriaIntervention-based studiesInformation campaignsClasses of interventionsSanitationCountriesOutcome measuresIncentivesEducation campaignsCampaignFinancial benefitsLatrinesMicrocreditPovertyMicrodataHouseholdsProduct purchaseSample of studyPolicy
2023
Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem
Bakhtiar M, Guiteras R, Levinsohn J, Mobarak A. Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem. Journal Of Development Economics 2023, 162: 103072. PMID: 37139484, PMCID: PMC10115903, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercentage point increaseMedium termPoint increasePublic health externalitiesCommunity-level collective actionShort termInvestment decisionsCollective action problemsHealth externalitiesPublic pledgeFinancial incentivesLatrine ownershipFinancial rewardsHygienic latrinesAction problemsSanitation investmentsSocial normsHouseholdsNeighboring householdsOwnershipPublic commitmentSocial recognitionGroup membersRural BangladeshStrong impact