Despite decades of progress, millions across Africa still lack access to safe drinkable water and improved sanitation, a crisis with profound implications for public health, gender equality, and economic development.
Recent research shows that globalization plays a complex but significant role in shaping water and sanitation access. According to Fotio & Nguea (2022), social globalization (e.g., cross-border media, migration, information flow) tends to improve access to water and sanitation in both urban and rural areas, but often widens the gap between them.
Here are 4 key takeaways:
Urban advantage grows:
Globalization has a stronger positive impact on urban water and sanitation services than rural, risking deeper inequality.
Social integration matters most:
Among the three dimensions of globalization (economic, political, social), only social globalization significantly increases access to clean water and sanitation.
Economic globalization isn’t always helpful:
Trade and investment flows alone don’t guarantee better access, in some cases, they correlate with worsened sanitation services in rural areas.
Policy matters more than flows:
De jure globalization — the rules, policies, and frameworks that enable global integration — plays a more meaningful role than de facto flows in expanding access.
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by E.D.
Source: Fotio, H. K., & Nguea, S. M. (2022). Access to water and sanitation in Africa: Does globalization matter? International Economics, 170, 79–91. https://lnkd.in/dCG7dDmK
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