Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work

In the developing world, poor rural women and their children spend considerable time collecting water. Do women living in areas where more time is needed for water collection tend to participate less in income-earning, market-based activities? Do t...

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Main Authors:	Walle, Dominique van de, Koolwal, Gayatri
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHANNEL CHANNELS CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GIRLS GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL COMMUNITY POPULATION DENSITY RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS WATER COLLECTION WATER CRISIS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/15283153/better-access-water-raises-welfare-not-womens-off-farm-work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10074

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spelling	okr-10986-100742021-04-23T14:02:48Z Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work Walle, Dominique van de Koolwal, Gayatri ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHANNEL CHANNELS CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GIRLS GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL COMMUNITY POPULATION DENSITY RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS WATER COLLECTION WATER CRISIS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY In the developing world, poor rural women and their children spend considerable time collecting water. Do women living in areas where more time is needed for water collection tend to participate less in income-earning, market-based activities? Do the education outcomes of their children tend to be worse? This note uses micro-data for eight developing countries to examine these questions. Better access to water is not found to be associated with greater off-farm paid work for women, but is associated with less unpaid work. In countries where substantial gender gaps in schooling exist, enrollment for both boys and girls tends to be higher. 2012-08-13T10:20:41Z 2012-08-13T10:20:41Z 2011-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/15283153/better-access-water-raises-welfare-not-womens-off-farm-work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10074 English Economic Premise; No. 67 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHANNEL CHANNELS CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GIRLS GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL COMMUNITY POPULATION DENSITY RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS WATER COLLECTION WATER CRISIS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHANNEL CHANNELS CHILD CARE CHILD LABOR ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GIRLS GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL COMMUNITY POPULATION DENSITY RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS WATER COLLECTION WATER CRISIS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY Walle, Dominique van de Koolwal, Gayatri Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
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description	In the developing world, poor rural women and their children spend considerable time collecting water. Do women living in areas where more time is needed for water collection tend to participate less in income-earning, market-based activities? Do the education outcomes of their children tend to be worse? This note uses micro-data for eight developing countries to examine these questions. Better access to water is not found to be associated with greater off-farm paid work for women, but is associated with less unpaid work. In countries where substantial gender gaps in schooling exist, enrollment for both boys and girls tends to be higher.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Walle, Dominique van de Koolwal, Gayatri
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title	Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
title_short	Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
title_full	Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
title_fullStr	Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
title_full_unstemmed	Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
title_sort	better access to water raises welfare, but not women’s off-farm work
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Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work

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