In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure a matter of … sanitation infrastructure and long-term child nutrition outcomes (height-for-age and weight-for-age). On the other hand, the … health and nutrition than the existence of sanitation infrastructure. Finally, irrigation is not per se a detrimental factor …

outcomes of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …

children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous cutoff of … cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that nutrition information alone, even when parents are informed about the … anemia status of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than information might constrain …

Expansion in access to public infrastructure can have varied, micro-level impacts. In this paper, we use quasi …-random access to rural paved roads through a large-scale road-construction program in India to study how road access impacts … a rise in fertility, improved investments in children---measured through breastfeeding duration and immunization …

Almost nine million children under 5 years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause … on diarrheal morbidity for children less than 5 years of age in India. Using propensity score matching, we find that … access to improved sanitation reduces the risk of contracting diarrhea by 2.2 percentage points. There is considerable …

methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years …This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … child diarrhea by 16% and 23% respectively. In contrast, neighborhood concentration of pit latrine increases incidence of …

more importantly conquer sophisticated legal labyrinths made less an enigma to repeat players-the legal elites. In India … the social customs that once divided its nation into castes. This Essay takes up the case of child marriage in India to … demonstrate why the “haves” come out ahead in India’s marriage markets …