The WASH Economics Conference aims to bring together academics doing research on the economic determinants of improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene/health services (WASH) in developing countries. The 2025 edition of the conference took place in-person on March 14 and 15, 2025, at Oberlin College.

The event is co-organised by Oberlin College, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Keynote speakers: Michael Kremer,  University of Chicago, and Witold Więcek, Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago (slides).

Panel presentations on publishing with PLOS Water and the Inter-American Development Bank's WASH Knowledge Team.

Conference Schedule

Scientific Committee

Evan Kresch (Oberlin College), Britta Augsburg (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Ian Ross (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

NSF Support and Code of Conduct

WASH Econ 2025 is financially supported by NSF grant 2417322 and follows Oberlin's Code of Conduct for conferences, which can be found here.