Direct and Indirect Effects of a Maternal and Child Health Program in Rural Bangladesh

Anoshua Chaudhuri
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Anoshua Chaudhuri: San Francisco State University, USA

Journal of Developing Societies, 2005, vol. 21, issue 1-2, 143-173

Abstract: This study is on the impact evaluation of a maternal and child health program in rural Bangladesh. The program was administered in a treatment area with an equally impoverished area retained as a control area. Using a standard utility maximization framework and data from Matlab Health and Socio-Economic Survey of 1996, treatment effects are estimated without the standard problems of endogenous program placement and selection. Results find not just a strong direct effect on the health of targeted individuals but also a significant spillover effect on the health of some non-targeted individuals. Results indicate that the externality is generated within the household and not through a community effect. Thus, this study raises important issues for the design of public policy programs.

Keywords: maternal and child health; program evaluation; rural Bangladesh; spillover effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X05053070

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