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parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling far short of the mark. In reality, most basic observations indicate that … water supply coverage is not as good as the figures show while national sanitation continues to be poor even after almost … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
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in households) with access to different types of water and sanitation facilities, and from socio-economic and child … belonging to different treatment groups, defined by water types and sanitation facilities, with children in a control group. We …
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use the newly available data set DLHS-3 to quantify the impact of access to improved sanitation on diarrheal morbidity for … children under five years of age in India. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we find that access to improved sanitation … improved sanitation. We neither find statistically signicant treatment effects for children in low or middle socioeconomic …
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Worldwide, India has the highest number of people defecating in the open. In an attempt to reduce number of open defecation, a supply side initiative is underway. In 2014-2015, Government of India, constructed 8 million toilets. However, an important aspect for this supply-side initiative to...
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In this article, we show that a small innovation in inspection technology can make substantial differences in inspection outcomes. For restaurant hygiene inspections, the state of Florida has introduced a handheld electronic device, the portable digital assistant (PDA), which reminds inspectors...
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the already increasing demand for water, sanitation and hygiene related facilities and services, especially from low … focus on what strategies will be necessary to achieve universal access to safe water and basic sanitation by 2030. To … to achieving sustained, universal access to safe water and sanitation in the context of Rwanda:1. The scale of the need …
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Across a range of industries, regulators use ratings to inform consumers about firms and products. Using online experiments, we investigate two pathways through which individuals extract the information communicated by such ratings: beliefs about the distribution of ratings (e.g., how often good...
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