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Happiness on Tap : Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco

Devoto, Florencia - 2014

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household …

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Are Resettled Oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project Better Off Today than Their Former Neighbors Who Were Not Ousted?

Aiyar, Swaminathan - 2018

The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is arguably the most controversial dam ever built in India, with over a 100 … to the dam from influential NGOs, there is no systematic empirical study of its effects on the long-term wellbeing of the … ousted families. Our study investigates: Are resettled oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam project better off in 2017 …

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Dams

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2022

dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

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Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take it Up : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

Crepon, Bruno - 2014

Morocco starting in 2006 by Al Amana, the country's largest microfinance institution. Al Amana was the only MFI operating in …

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Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

Eskeland, Gunnar S.; Harrison, Ann E. - 2021

This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country 'pollution havens'. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors with high levels of air pollution, the evidence is weak at best. We then examine whether foreign firms pollute...

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Lead and Mortality

Clay, Karen - 2010

This paper examines the effect of water-borne lead exposure on infant mortality in American cities over the period 1900-1920. Infants are highly sensitive to lead, and more broadly are a marker for current environmental conditions. The effects of lead on infant mortality are identified by...

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Water Availability as a Constraint on China's Future Growth

Medianu, Dana - 2012

Recent writings on China's water situation often portray China's water problems as severe and suggest that water availability could threaten the sustainability of China's future growth. However, China's high growth of the last 20 years or more has been obtained with relatively little increase in...

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Water Markets : Australia's Murray-Darling Basin and the Us Southwest

Grafton, Quentin - 2014

Fresh water supplies increasingly are under stress in many parts of the world due to rising populations, higher per capita incomes and corresponding consumption, greater environmental concerns, and the effects of climate change. Water rights and markets are part of the institutional menus for...

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Spring Cleaning : Rural Water Impacts, Valuation and Property Rights Institutions

Kremer, Michael - 2009

In many societies, social norms create common property rights in natural resources, limiting incentives for private investment. This paper uses a randomized evaluation in Kenya to measure the health impacts of investments to improve source water quality through spring protection, estimate the...

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Lead Pipes and Child Mortality

Clay, Karen - 2007

Beginning around 1880, public health issues and engineering advances spurred the installation of city water and sewer systems. As part of this growth, many cities chose to use lead service pipes to connect residences to city water systems. This choice had negative consequences for child...

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