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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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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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Demand for household sanitation : the case of India
Banerjee, Anurag Narayan; Banik, Nilanjan; Dalmia, Ashvika - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413228
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Critical Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Challenges in Rwanda
Tsinda, Aime - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910228
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An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
Joseph, George - 2019
Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865455
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Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem
Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Guiteras, Raymond; Levinsohn, … - 2021
Addressing public health externalities often requires community-level collective action. Each person's sanitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012626230
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Social and Financial Incentives for Overcoming a Collective Action Problem
Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Guiteras, Raymond; Levinsohn, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Addressing public health externalities often requires community-level collective action. Each person's sanitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629514