Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases

In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy, focusing on an unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court of Ind...

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Main Authors:	Do, Quy-Toan, Joshi, Shareen, Stolper, Samuel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	environment infant health pollution Ganga River infant mortality industrial pollution
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26711804/can-environmental-policy-reduce-infant-mortality-evidence-ganga-pollution-cases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25044

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spelling	okr-10986-250442021-06-14T10:17:01Z Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases Do, Quy-Toan Joshi, Shareen Stolper, Samuel environment infant health pollution Ganga River infant mortality industrial pollution In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy, focusing on an unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court of India, which targeted industrial pollution in the Ganga River. Difference-in-difference estimations indicate that the ruling led to reductions in river pollution and one-month infant mortality. To look at the mechanisms of impact, the paper tests whether the identified health impact is fully explained by changes in pollution induced by the policy, and fails to reject that it indeed is. In so doing, the analysis also quantifies the adverse impact of water pollution on infant health and documents the persistence of such impacts in downstream communities. 2016-09-12T22:02:16Z 2016-09-12T22:02:16Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26711804/can-environmental-policy-reduce-infant-mortality-evidence-ganga-pollution-cases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25044 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7799 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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description	In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy, focusing on an unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court of India, which targeted industrial pollution in the Ganga River. Difference-in-difference estimations indicate that the ruling led to reductions in river pollution and one-month infant mortality. To look at the mechanisms of impact, the paper tests whether the identified health impact is fully explained by changes in pollution induced by the policy, and fails to reject that it indeed is. In so doing, the analysis also quantifies the adverse impact of water pollution on infant health and documents the persistence of such impacts in downstream communities.
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author	Do, Quy-Toan Joshi, Shareen Stolper, Samuel
author_facet	Do, Quy-Toan Joshi, Shareen Stolper, Samuel
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title	Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
title_short	Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
title_full	Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
title_fullStr	Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
title_full_unstemmed	Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases
title_sort	can environmental policy reduce infant mortality? : evidence from the ganga pollution cases
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26711804/can-environmental-policy-reduce-infant-mortality-evidence-ganga-pollution-cases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25044
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Can Environmental Policy Reduce Infant Mortality? : Evidence from the Ganga Pollution Cases

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