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Harriet Olorenshaw
Harriet is a Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Her current research evaluates the success of early childhood interventions with a focus on the redistributive impacts. She also has experience investigating the effectiveness of sanitation interventions in developing countries.
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To invest in sanitation or not? The role of gender differences in perceptions
Although sanitation is essential for health, many households remain without a toilet due to financial constraints. This article describes the extent to which perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation investments vary by gender and within the household. It demonstrates how these intra-household gender differences impact the success of a sanitation microcredit intervention in Maharashtra. Impacts of these differences on intervention success are largely concentrated in households where the woman is involved in the decision-making process.
