Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
Poor rural women in the developing world spend considerable time collecting water. How then do they respond to improved access to water infrastructure? Does it increase their participation in income earning market-based activities? Does it improve...
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okr-10986-37892021-04-23T14:02:12Z Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes Koolwal, Gayatri van de Walle, Dominique ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE APPROACH ANTENATAL CARE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD REARING CHILD WELFARE CHILDBEARING COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSTRUCTION CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASES DOMESTIC WORKLOAD DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN FAMILIES FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY FIRST MARRIAGE FOOD SECURITY FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY GAP BETWEEN GIRLS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GLOBAL WATER CRISIS GREEN REVOLUTION GROUNDWATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFANT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LAUNDRY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATURAL RESOURCE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER WOMEN PIPED WATER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRICE OF WATER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS REMITTANCES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSPORTATION WALKING WATER COLLECTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER USE WELLS WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Poor rural women in the developing world spend considerable time collecting water. How then do they respond to improved access to water infrastructure? Does it increase their participation in income earning market-based activities? Does it improve the health and education outcomes of their children? To help address these questions, a new approach for dealing with the endogeneity of infrastructure placement in cross-sectional surveys is proposed and implemented using data for nine developing countries. The paper does not find that access to water comes with greater off-farm work for women, although in countries where substantial gender gaps in schooling exist, both boys' and girls' enrollments improve with better access to water. There are also some signs of impacts on child health as measured by anthropometric z-scores. 2012-03-19T18:39:49Z 2012-03-19T18:39:49Z 2010-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100510114112 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3789 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5302 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research The World Region The World Region |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE APPROACH ANTENATAL CARE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD REARING CHILD WELFARE CHILDBEARING COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSTRUCTION CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASES DOMESTIC WORKLOAD DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN FAMILIES FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY FIRST MARRIAGE FOOD SECURITY FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY GAP BETWEEN GIRLS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GLOBAL WATER CRISIS GREEN REVOLUTION GROUNDWATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFANT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LAUNDRY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATURAL RESOURCE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER WOMEN PIPED WATER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRICE OF WATER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS REMITTANCES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSPORTATION WALKING WATER COLLECTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER USE WELLS WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE EDUCATION AGED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE APPROACH ANTENATAL CARE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD REARING CHILD WELFARE CHILDBEARING COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSTRUCTION CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASES DOMESTIC WORKLOAD DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN FAMILIES FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY FIRST MARRIAGE FOOD SECURITY FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY GAP BETWEEN GIRLS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GLOBAL WATER CRISIS GREEN REVOLUTION GROUNDWATER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFANT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LAUNDRY LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATURAL RESOURCE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER WOMEN PIPED WATER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DENSITY PRICE OF WATER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS REMITTANCES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEENAGE GIRLS TRANSPORTATION WALKING WATER COLLECTION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER USE WELLS WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Koolwal, Gayatri van de Walle, Dominique Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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Poor rural women in the developing world
spend considerable time collecting water. How then do they
respond to improved access to water infrastructure? Does it
increase their participation in income earning market-based
activities? Does it improve the health and education
outcomes of their children? To help address these questions,
a new approach for dealing with the endogeneity of
infrastructure placement in cross-sectional surveys is
proposed and implemented using data for nine developing
countries. The paper does not find that access to water
comes with greater off-farm work for women, although in
countries where substantial gender gaps in schooling exist,
both boys' and girls' enrollments improve with
better access to water. There are also some signs of impacts
on child health as measured by anthropometric z-scores. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
author |
Koolwal, Gayatri van de Walle, Dominique |
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Koolwal, Gayatri van de Walle, Dominique |
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Koolwal, Gayatri |
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Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes |
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access to water, women’s work and child outcomes |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100510114112 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3789 |
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