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

Katrina Kosec

No 1269, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Privatization; Public health; Water supply; urban population; Children; Government policy; Water management; Water policies; Public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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