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Trial Status in_development completed
Trial End Date December 31, 2019 December 31, 2020
Last Published September 25, 2019 02:36 PM May 16, 2023 07:19 AM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date December 31, 2018
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 60 schools
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations See paper for details as units of observation vary.
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 30 schools control, 30 schools treated
Public Data URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U9I4Z2
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/U9I4Z2
Data Collection Completion Date December 31, 2020
Is data available for public use? Yes
Keyword(s) Education, Governance Education, Governance
Building on Existing Work No
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Papers

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Paper Abstract Can transparency interventions improve WASH service provision? We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a transparency intervention, a deliberative multi-stakeholder workshop initiated with a community scorecard exercise, in schools in rural Bangladesh. To measure impacts, we combine survey data, direct observations, and administrative data. The intervention leads to moderate but consistent improvements in knowledge of WASH standards and practices, and institutions for WASH service management, but does not improve school WASH service provision or change WASH facility use patterns. Drawing on rich descriptive data, we suggest several reasons why the intervention we evaluate did not improve WASH service outcomes and propose ways to improve the design of future interventions.
Paper Citation Allakulov, U., Cocciolo, S., Das, B., Habib, M. A., Rambjer, L., & Tompsett, A. (2023). Transparency, governance, and water and sanitation: Experimental evidence from schools in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Development Economics, 163, 103082.
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103082
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