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The health impacts of a community biogas facility in an informal Urban settlement: does training matter?

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  • Stefano Moncada
  • Hilary Bambrick
  • Marie Briguglio

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Community biogas facilities are being implemented in many informal urban settlements across Africa, often funded by foreign aid. We measured the public health impacts of a facility in Ethiopia, particularly the effects of training, in the context of extreme poverty. Two waves of panel-data were generated by household surveys (N = 200 per wave), informed by participatory focus groups, and a propensity-score matching technique was applied. After controlling for household distance from the facility, training itself generated positive effects on health including use of improved sanitation facilities and self-assessed health. We conclude that training should be considered a key component in biogas development.

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  • Stefano Moncada & Hilary Bambrick & Marie Briguglio, 2019. "The health impacts of a community biogas facility in an informal Urban settlement: does training matter?," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 189-202, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevef:v:11:y:2019:i:2:p:189-202
    DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2019.1638434
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