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Where they exist, tariffs for water supply and sanitation services face a tension between different policy objectives …
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Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved …
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to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold … bargaining power within the household, leading to improved parental investments for children. These study findings are also …
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Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … indicate that the HSAA improved children's height and weight. Furthermore, we uncover evidence supporting a mechanism whereby … care for children and improved child health. These results emphasize that children fare better when mothers control a …
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Access to essential infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and garbage collection can considerably affect … children's environment and may play a significant role in shaping early childhood developmental and health outcomes. Using data … America and the Caribbean (LAC), we show a significant positive association between access to water and sanitation and early …
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, and sanitation, during early stages, and an emphasis on "advanced" infrastructure, such as power and especially …We examine the evolution of infrastructure, and the impact of infrastructure investment, in middleincome countries … (MICs). We document how different types of infrastructure stocks, as well as infrastructure investment, vary with the level …
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We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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