Autor segons l'article: Calzada J; Iranzo S
Departament: Economia
Autor/s de la URV: Iranzo Sancho, Susana
Paraules clau: Child health Communal organizations Minka Peru Social capital Water
Resum: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Communal water organizations are widespread in many areas of developing countries, where local governments lack the resources to offer a minimum quality water service. However, these organizations have their own resource limitations and they additionally face the well-known problems associated with collective action. It is therefore unclear how effectively they can provide safe water, and the evidence available thus far is mixed. This paper analyzes the communal water organizations in Peru known as Juntas Administrativas de Servicios de Saneamiento (JASS). Using detailed household survey data, we empirically assess the differential impact of the JASS vis-à-vis public systems on two water-related child health outcomes: diarrhea and low birth weight. Our identification strategy exploits the legislative changes introduced in the 2000s and the arbitrary cut-off to classify the administrative sub-units of Peruvian municipalities (districts) in order to achieve exogenous variation in the type of water provision. We find that child diarrhea and low birth weight are significantly lower for households served by JASS in the districts located in the first Inca settlements where the pre-Columbian tradition of communal work, called Minka, has survived over centuries. We also show that in those districts the JASS have better governance (existence of their own rules, higher participation and accountability and a greater ability to obtain external support). These findings confirm the hypothesis that social capital and traditions foster cooperation among community members and are in line with recent works showing the importance of historically developed institutions in building social capital. More generally, our results suggest that communal organizations are not a one-fits-all solution, but rather their success depends crucially on the existence of mechanisms for overcoming the problems associated with collective action and the active involvement of the community.
Àrees temàtiques: Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Biodiversidade Building and construction Ciência política e relações internacionais Ciências agrárias i Ciências ambientais Ciências biológicas i Ciencias sociales Development Development studies Direito Economia Economics Economics and econometrics Engenharias iii Environmental studies Geociências Geografía Geography, planning and development Human geography and urban studies Interdisciplinar Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Planning & development Political sciences and international relations Sociología Sociologia i política Sociology and political science
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: susana.iranzo@urv.cat
Data d'alta del registre: 2025-01-28
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Referència a l'article segons font original: World Development. 140 (105261):
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Calzada J; Iranzo S (2021). Can communal systems work? The effects of communal water provision on child health in Peru. World Development, 140(105261), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105261
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2021
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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