This paper estimates two sources of
benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on
early childhood health: a direct benefit a household
receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or
from unimproved sanitation to improved sanitation, and an
external benefit (externality) produced by the
neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The
paper uses a sample of children under 48 months in rural
areas of India from the Third Round of District Level
Household Survey 2007-08 and finds evidence of positive and
significant direct benefits and concave positive external
effects for both improved sanitation and fixed-point
defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea
prevalence between children living in a household without
access to improved sanitation in a village without coverage
of improved sanitation and children living in a household
with access to improved sanitation in a village with
complete coverage. One-fourth of this benefit is due to the
direct benefit leaving the rest to external gains. Finally,
all the benefits from eliminating open defecation come from
improved sanitation and not other sanitation solutions.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Andres, Luis A.,
Briceno, Bertha,
Chase, Claire,
Echenique, Juan A. |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2014-01
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| Subjects: | ACCESS TO SANITATION,
ADOLESCENT GIRLS,
ADULT HEALTH,
BENEFITS OF SANITATION,
CHILD HEALTH,
CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES,
CHILD IMMUNIZATION,
CHILD MALNUTRITION,
CHILD MORTALITY,
CHILD SURVIVAL,
CHRONIC DISEASE,
DEATHS OF CHILDREN,
DEMAND FOR SANITATION,
DEVELOPMENT POLICY,
DIARRHEA,
DIARRHEAL DISEASE,
DIARRHEAL DISEASES,
DRINKING WATER,
EARLY CHILDHOOD,
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH,
EPIDEMIOLOGY,
FAMILY PLANNING,
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS,
FLUSH TOILET,
FLUSH TOILETS,
HAND WASHING,
HANDWASHING,
HEALTH IMPACT,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL,
HOUSEHOLD SANITATION,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
HUMAN EXCRETA,
HYGIENE,
INFANT,
INFANT MORTALITY,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY,
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
MARKETING,
MARRIED WOMEN,
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH,
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL,
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS,
MOTHER,
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS,
NUTRITIONAL STATUS,
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN,
ORAL DISEASE,
ORAL DISEASES,
PIT LATRINE,
PIT LATRINES,
POLICY DISCUSSIONS,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER,
POPULATION GROWTH,
PROGRESS,
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
RURAL POPULATION,
RURAL SANITATION,
SAFE SANITATION,
SANITATION,
SANITATION ACCESS,
SANITATION COVERAGE,
SANITATION FACILITIES,
SANITATION FACILITY,
SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
SANITATION INTERVENTIONS,
SANITATION POLICY,
SANITATION PROGRAM,
SANITATION SECTOR,
SANITATION SITUATION,
SANITATION SOLUTIONS,
SANITATION TECHNOLOGY,
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE,
SEPTIC TANK,
SEWER SYSTEM,
SEX,
SEX OF THE CHILD,
STUNTING,
SURFACE WATER,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
TOILET,
TOTAL SANITATION,
UNDERNUTRITION,
URBAN AREAS,
WATER SUPPLY, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18756829/sanitation-externalities-evidence-early-childhood-health-rural-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16812
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