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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Main Authors: Koolwal, Gayatri, van de Walle, Dominique
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5302
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Koolwal, Gayatri
van de Walle, Dominique
author_facet Koolwal, Gayatri
van de Walle, Dominique
author_sort Koolwal, Gayatri
title Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
title_short Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
title_full Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
title_fullStr Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Access to Water, Women’s Work and Child Outcomes
title_sort access to water, women’s work and child outcomes
publishDate 2012
url 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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