The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply

Can private-sector participation (PSP) in the urban piped water sector improve child health? The author uses child-level data from 39 African countries during 1986–2010 to show that introducing PSP decreases diarrhea among urban dwelling children under five years of age by 5.6 percentage points,...

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Main Author: Kosec, Katrina
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153517
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description Can private-sector participation (PSP) in the urban piped water sector improve child health? The author uses child-level data from 39 African countries during 1986–2010 to show that introducing PSP decreases diarrhea among urban dwelling children under five years of age by 5.6 percentage points, or 35 percent of its mean prevalence.
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spelling CGSpace1535172025-11-06T07:14:48Z The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply Kosec, Katrina privatization public health water supply urban population children policies water management water policies public policies Can private-sector participation (PSP) in the urban piped water sector improve child health? The author uses child-level data from 39 African countries during 1986–2010 to show that introducing PSP decreases diarrhea among urban dwelling children under five years of age by 5.6 percentage points, or 35 percent of its mean prevalence. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:29Z 2024-10-01T13:56:29Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153517 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kosec, Katrina and. 2013. The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1269. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153517
spellingShingle privatization
public health
water supply
urban population
children
policies
water management
water policies
public policies
Kosec, Katrina
The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title_full The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title_fullStr The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title_full_unstemmed The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title_short The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
title_sort child health implications of privatizing africa s urban water supply
topic privatization
public health
water supply
urban population
children
policies
water management
water policies
public policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153517
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