Product preferences and willingness to pay for potable water delivery: Experimental evidence from rural Bihar, India.

ABSTRACT: Despite dramatic reductions in global risk exposures to unsafe water sources, lack of access to clean water remains a persistent problem in many rural and last-mile communities. A great deal is known about demand for household water treatment systems; however, similar evidence for fully treated water products is limited. This study evaluates an NGO-based potable water delivery service in rural Bihar, India, meant to stand-in for more robust municipal treated water supply systems that have yet to reach the area. We use a random price auction and discrete choice experiment to examine willingness to pay (WTP) and stated product preferences, respectively, for this service among 162 households in the region. We seek to determine the impact of short-term price subsidies on demand for water deliv

SUBMITTER: Cameron DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079134 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature