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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a widely used sanitation intervention, Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS …), using a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was implemented at scale across rural East Java in Indonesia. CLTS … constraints faced by poorer households limit their ability to improve sanitation. We also examine the program's scale up process …
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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a widely used sanitation intervention, Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS …), using a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was implemented at scale across rural East Java in Indonesia. CLTS … constraints faced by poorer households limit their ability to improve sanitation. We also examine the program's scale up process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653347
Despite the well-documented benefits of improved sanitation and washing facilities, a considerable number of people …, even in middle-income countries, still lack access to modern sanitation and home-based bathing facilities. This paper … sanitation and washing facilities. The study finds that in Kazakhstan, households with higher incomes generally have better …
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Despite the well-documented benefits of improved sanitation and washing facilities, a considerable number of people …, even in middle-income countries, still lack access to modern sanitation and home-based bathing facilities. This paper … sanitation and washing facilities. The study finds that in Kazakhstan, households with higher incomes generally have better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470756
Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs. However, existing measures of willingness to pay for environmental quality improvements indicate low valuations by affected households. This paper argues that this seeming paradox...
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Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs. However, existing measures of willingness to pay for environmental quality improvements indicate low valuations by affected households. This paper argues that this seeming paradox...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153855
We use data on a large-scale water and sanitation program in rural Mozambique, implemented between 2008 and 2013, to … investigate the complementarities between a behavior-change-based community-led total sanitation intervention and a community … water supply intervention. Our findings indicate that the sanitation intervention increased the adoption of handwashing with …
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field experiment of Community-Led Total Sanitation in Indonesia, we find that villages with high initial social capital …
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This paper investigates the impact of improved water provision on individual health outcomes in rural Uganda. We merge household and individual panel datasets with sub-county level administrative data on water supply projects. Our approach allows us to estimate fixed-effect panel data models...
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Inadequate hygiene during menstruation can have severe consequences, such as adverse health effects, lower educational attainment and higher work absenteeism. Cultural taboos and social norms surrounding menstruation may contribute to misinformation about menstrual hygiene and may also interfere...
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