ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES
- Ambrose Nnaemeka Omeje
- Ogochukwu Christiana Anyanwu
- Augustine Jideofor Mba
- Michael Okike Ugwu
- ( paper pages. 1 - 30 )
Abstract
The problem of water and sanitation globally, has made thegovernments of different countries, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and private individuals to raise theirconsciousness towards surmounting this challenge. Enormousevidence exists on rural-urban and wealth status impacts of access towater and sanitation on the African continent. Therefore, this studyutilized a panel of standard Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)data selected from five (5) African countries and fixed effect model toexamine the factors that significantly determine access to improvedwater and sanitation variations in Africa. It was found, among others,that over the study period, people had more access to improved watersources in Africa was than access to sanitation facilities. While somefactors such as household access to electricity, time to get to watersource, and location of presence of water negatively and significantlydetermined access to improved water, other variables of the modelpositively and significantly determined it. Further, while sharing oftoilet with other households, source of drinking water, time to get towater source, sex, age and region negatively determined access toimproved sanitation, other variables of the model positivelydetermined access. The study therefore recommended, among others,that African governments and their various agencies on environmentshould strive more to provide improved water and sanitation to thepeople. Governments can revive water boards to help provide reticulated water to all towns and villages to enable them have accessto improved water.
Citation
Ambrose Nnaemeka Omeje, Ogochukwu Christiana Anyanwu, Augustine Jideofor Mba, Michael Okike Ugwu.
2020.
"ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES"
The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies,
62 (2): 1 - 30.
JEL Classification
D3, D6, D9, I1, I3, O1, O2, O4, O5, Q2, Q5, R2
