How Access to Urban Potable Water and Sewerage Connections Affects Child Mortality

Using a city-level database of global Urban Indicators, the author finds that: 1) Improved access to urban potable water and sewerage connections is consistently associated with low child mortality. 2) Government involvement in providing water serv...

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Main Author:	Shi, Anqing
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ADEQUATE WATER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD MORTALITY RATES CITY INFRASTRUCTURE CITY POPULATION CITY RESIDENTS CITY REVENUE CITY SIZE CITY WATER CONNECTION CONSTRUCTION DISPOSAL SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HEALTH PROGRAMS HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HYGIENE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFANT MORTALITY LARGE CITIES LARGE CITY LATRINES LOCAL SERVICES LOCAL WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICES NUTRITION PIPED WATER POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POTABLE WATER PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES SANITATION ACCESS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEWERAGE SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS SEWERAGE SERVICE SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEM SLUMS SOURCES OF WATER URBAN AREAS URBAN CONDITIONS URBAN GROWTH URBAN INDICATORS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LIVING URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SANITATION URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICE PROVISION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/438990/access-urban-potable-water-sewerage-connections-affects-child-mortality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19856

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Summary:	Using a city-level database of global Urban Indicators, the author finds that: 1) Improved access to urban potable water and sewerage connections is consistently associated with low child mortality. 2) Government involvement in providing water services, especially locally, significantly reduces child mortality. 3) Private or parastatal participation in providing sewerage connections is associated with low child mortality. $) Rapid urban growth and high levels of poverty within the city are correlated with high child mortality.

How Access to Urban Potable Water and Sewerage Connections Affects Child Mortality

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