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Overcoming malnutrition: is there an ecoregional dimension?
Sharma, Manohar; Garcia, Marito; Qureshi, Aamir; Brown, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
Agroecological conditions largely determine the production potential of an agrarian area and its ability to support a number of people. It seems to make sense, therefore, to base economic and policy research on ecoregional zones, rather than on geographical or political boundaries alone. This...
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Benefits trickling away: The health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329881
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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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Health shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are the poor and uninsured households more vulnerable?
Atake, Esso-Hanam - In: Health Economics Review 8 (2018) 26, pp. 1-14
health insurance could mitigate vulnerability to poverty. Other challenges-birth control policy, adequate sanitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010782
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Benefits trickling away : the health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357535
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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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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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A destiny shaped by water : a diagnostic of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and poverty in Niger
Weltbank - 2019
The Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic (PD) in Niger is part of a global initiative to … to safely managed water supply and sanitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564833
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Coordination and the poor maintenance trap : an experiment on public infrastructure in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2021
coordination failure. Focusing on shared sanitation facilities for slum residents in two major Indian cities, we randomly allocate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583568
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Exploring the intersection of sanitation, hygiene, water, and health in pastoralist communities in Northern Tanzania
Barasa, Violet; Waldman, Linda - 2022
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