Does Access to Better Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Improve Child Outcomes? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Keywords
Sanitation; Water supply; Child development; Children Health and hygiene; Latin America; the Caribbean;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O29 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Other
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