WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia

This paper develops a simple econometric strategy to operationalize the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF’s) conceptual framework for nutrition. It estimates the extent to which child stunting correlates with investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across population groups (poor...

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Main Authors:	Cuesta, Jose, Maratou-Kolias, Laura
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	STUNTING SYNERGY UNICEF NUTRITION WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32082

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spelling	okr-10986-320822021-05-25T10:54:41Z WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia Cuesta, Jose Maratou-Kolias, Laura STUNTING SYNERGY UNICEF NUTRITION WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE This paper develops a simple econometric strategy to operationalize the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF’s) conceptual framework for nutrition. It estimates the extent to which child stunting correlates with investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across population groups (poor and non-poor) and residence (urban and rural). Moving away from estimating single intervention marginal returns, the empirical framework of intervention packages is tested in Tunisia, a country with notable but uneven progress in reducing stunting. A successful nutritional strategy will thereby require mapping the distinctive intervention packages by residence and socioeconomic status, away from universal policies, that more strongly correlate with reduction in stunting. 2019-07-12T19:27:52Z 2019-07-12T19:27:52Z 2018-09-18 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32082 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Middle East and North Africa Tunisia
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spellingShingle	STUNTING SYNERGY UNICEF NUTRITION WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE Cuesta, Jose Maratou-Kolias, Laura WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
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description	This paper develops a simple econometric strategy to operationalize the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF’s) conceptual framework for nutrition. It estimates the extent to which child stunting correlates with investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across population groups (poor and non-poor) and residence (urban and rural). Moving away from estimating single intervention marginal returns, the empirical framework of intervention packages is tested in Tunisia, a country with notable but uneven progress in reducing stunting. A successful nutritional strategy will thereby require mapping the distinctive intervention packages by residence and socioeconomic status, away from universal policies, that more strongly correlate with reduction in stunting.
format	Journal Article
author	Cuesta, Jose Maratou-Kolias, Laura
author_facet	Cuesta, Jose Maratou-Kolias, Laura
author_sort	Cuesta, Jose
title	WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
title_short	WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
title_full	WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
title_fullStr	WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed	WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia
title_sort	wash and nutrition synergies : the case of tunisia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32082
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WASH and Nutrition Synergies : The Case of Tunisia

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