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Dietary diversity as a food security indicator
Hoddinott, John; Yohannes, Yisehac - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
Household food security is an important measure of well-being. Although it may not encapsulate all dimensions of poverty, the inability of households to obtain access to enough food for an active, healthy life is surely an important component of their poverty. Accordingly, devising an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997171
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Dietary diversity as a food security indicator
Hoddinott, John; Yohannes, Yisehac - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
Household food security is an important measure of well-being. Although it may not encapsulate all dimensions of poverty, the inability of households to obtain access to enough food for an active, healthy life is surely an important component of their poverty. Accordingly, devising an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997352
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The impact of drinking water quality and sanitation on child health: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
Usman, Muhammed A.; Gerber, Nikolaus; von Braun, Joachim - 2016
This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … desired health benefits of sanitation. To protect rural households from the risk of contracting communicable diseases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588708
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The impacts of piped water on water quality, sanitation, hygiene and health in rural households of north-western Bangladesh : a quasi-experimental analysis
Hasan, Mohammad Monirul; Gerber, Nikolaus - 2016
We investigated the impacts of piped water on water quality, sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes in marginalized … group of households to identify gains in water-sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes. We found that the BMDA piped water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503129
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Determinants of household drinking water quality in rural Ethiopia
Usman, Muhammed A.; Gerber, Nikolaus; Pangaribowo, … - 2016
Safe and adequate water supply is a vital element to preserve human health; however, access to clean water is limited in many developing countries. Furthermore, improved water sources are often contaminated with fecal matters and consumption of unsafe water poses a great public health risk. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521124
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The impact of drinking water quality and sanitation on child health : evidence from rural Ethiopia
Usman, Muhammed A.; Gerber, Nikolaus; Braun, Joachim von - 2016
This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … desired health benefits of sanitation. To protect rural households from the risk of contracting communicable diseases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521130
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001 - 2011
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010460120
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Efficiency in Saving Infant Lives: the Influence of Water and Sanitation Coverage
Ferro, Gustavo; Romero, Carlos A.; Castiglione, Ignacio - HAL - 2011
In this paper, we aim to assess the relationship between water and sanitation coverage and saved infant lives. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216363
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Water, health, and income
Hoddinott, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
understood, with the effectiveness of interventions being ordered in the following way: improved household sanitation and hygiene … sanitation plus use of greater quantities of water tend to lead to the largest improvements in health. By contrast, the "economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997291
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The changing Latin American landscape in provision and regulation of the water and sanitation services
Lentini, Emilio J; Ferro, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, it was common knowledge in the Latin American water and sanitation sector the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674272