Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Christian Health Association of Ghana Secretariat, Accra, Ghana.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Jun 4;22(1):1117. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13512-2.
As the amount of solid waste generated by households in Ghana continues to grow, policy makers are preoccupied with finding better means of managing these solid wastes. To this end, a number of studies have been conducted on the factors that determine the choice of solid waste disposal method among households in Ghana. Notwithstanding, while financial inclusion is deemed as an effective tool for improved solid waste management, none of these studies paid attention to it. This study therefore, investigates the effect of financial inclusion on the choice of solid waste disposal method among households in Ghana.
The study uses data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey round 7 (GLSS7). The multinomial probit regression is used as the empirical estimation technique.
Our results show that financial inclusion increases the likelihood of households opting for the collection method of solid waste disposal relative to burning, public dumping and indiscriminate disposal of solid waste.
Financial inclusion enables households to opt for a healthy solid waste disposal method (collection method), hence, in policy makers' attempts to improve solid waste disposal, paying attention to financial inclusion can be a very useful strategy.
随着加纳家庭产生的固体废物数量不断增加，政策制定者开始关注寻找更好的方法来管理这些固体废物。为此，已经对加纳家庭选择固体废物处理方法的决定因素进行了许多研究。尽管如此，虽然金融包容性被认为是改善固体废物管理的有效工具，但这些研究都没有关注它。因此，本研究调查了金融包容性对加纳家庭选择固体废物处理方法的影响。
本研究使用了加纳生活水平调查第七轮（GLSS7）的数据。多项概率回归被用作实证估计技术。
我们的结果表明，金融包容性增加了家庭选择固体废物处理收集方法的可能性，而不是燃烧、公共倾倒和随意处理固体废物。
金融包容性使家庭能够选择一种健康的固体废物处理方法（收集方法），因此，在政策制定者试图改善固体废物处理的过程中，关注金融包容性可能是一个非常有用的策略。
