WHO report on water and sanitation issues.
Studies
Pascaline Dupas / Kenya / 2010
From the abstract: "We find that, for a new technology with a lower usage cost than the technology it replaces, short-run subsidies increase long-run adoption through experience and social learning effects. We find no evidence that people anchor around subsidized prices."
Pascaline Dupas / Kenya / 2010
From the abstract: "We find that, for a new technology with a lower usage cost than the technology it replaces, short-run subsidies increase long-run adoption through experience and social learning effects. We find no evidence that people anchor around subsidized prices."
Pascaline Dupas / Kenya / 2010
In a field experiment in Kenya, the author demonstrates that demand for health products was sensitive to price, but insensitive to marketing framing or gender effects.
Worms at work: Long-run impacts of child health gains
Sarah Baird, Joan Hamory Hicks, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel / Kenya / 2010
Examines the long-run effects of deworming on a sample of children who were treated more than 10 years ago.
Erica Field, Omar Robles, Maximo Torero / Tanzania / 2009
From the abstract: "This research evaluates the impact of reductions in fetal IDD on child schooling attainment in Tanzania that resulted from an intensive distribution of iodized oil capsules (IOC) in several districts of the country between 1986 and 1994."
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster / India / 2009
From the abstract: "The public Indian health care system is plagued by high staff absence, low effort by providers, and limited use by potential beneficiaries who prefer private alternatives. This artice reports the results of an experiment carried out with a district administration and a nongovernmental organization (NGO)." While nurses initially responded to incentives, collusion between nurses and supervisors eventually muted the impacts.
Michael Kremer, Jessica Leino, Edward Miguel, and Alix Zwane / Kenya / 2009
Community spring investments have direct impacts on health outcomes. " We estimate that private property norms would generate little additional investment while imposing large static costs due to above marginal-cost pricing, private property would function better at higher income levels or under water scarcity, and alternative institutions could yield Pareto improvements."
Cesar G. Victora, Linda Adair, Caroline Fall, Pedro C. Hallal, Reynaldo Martorell, Linda Richter, Harshpal Singh Sachdev / Global / 2008
From the abstract: "In this paper we review the associations between maternal and child undernutrition with human capital and risk of adult diseases in low-income and middle-income countries."
Thaler, Richard H. and Cass R. Sunstein / Global / 2008
An exploration of behavioral economics and its explanations for the irrational and counter-productive behaviors people engage in.
