Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

Open defecation is exceptionally widespread in India, a county with puzzlingly high rates of child stunting. This paper reports a randomized controlled trial of a village-level sanitation program, implemented in one district by the government of Ma...

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Main Authors: Hammer, Jeffrey, Spears, Dean
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2013
Subjects:
BASIC SANITATION
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BULLETIN
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD STUNTING
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
CURATIVE HEALTH CARE
DEFECATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
DIARRHOEA
DISEASE
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMIC STATUS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILY HEALTH
GENDER BIAS
GLOBAL POVERTY
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
HANDWASHING
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD LATRINES
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN WELFARE
IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
INTERVENTION
LABOR MARKET
LATRINE CONSTRUCTION
LATRINES
MALNUTRITION
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICINE
MODERNIZATION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PATHOGENS
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLICY RESPONSE
POOR HEALTH
POPULATION DENSITY
POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DISTRICT
SANITARY ENVIRONMENT
SANITATION
SANITATION PROMOTION
SERIES OF MEETINGS
SEX
SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
SPILLOVER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOILETS
TREATMENT
UNDERNUTRITION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
USE OF LATRINES
VACCINE
VISION
WATER QUALITY
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125015/village-sanitation-childrens-human-capital-evidence-randomized-experiment-maharashtra-government
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16014

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125015/village-sanitation-childrens-human-capital-evidence-randomized-experiment-maharashtra-government
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16014

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