How access to urban potable water and sewerage connections affects child mortality

Anqing Shi

No 2274, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: Using a city-level database of global Urban Indicators, the author finds that: 1) Improved access to urban potable water and sewerage connections is consistently associated with low child mortality. 2) Government involvement in providing water services, especially locally, significantly reduces child mortality. 3) Private or parastatal participation in providing sewerage connections is associated with low child mortality. $) Rapid urban growth and high levels of poverty within the city are correlated with high child mortality.

Keywords: Health Economics&Finance; Public Health Promotion; Decentralization; Demographics; Environmental Economics&Policies; Town Water Supply and Sanitation; Urban Water Supply and Sanitation; City Development Strategies; Health Economics&Finance; Water and Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-01-31
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