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Water Hauling and Girls' School Attendance : Some New Evidence from Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorNauges, Celine
dc.contributor.authorStrand, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-04T17:39:09Z
dc.date.available2013-09-04T17:39:09Z
dc.date.issued2013-05
dc.description.abstractIn large parts of the world, a lack of home tap water burdens households as the water must be brought to the house from outside, at great expense in terms of effort and time. This paper studies how such costs affect girls' schooling in Ghana, with an analysis based on four rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys. Using Global Positioning System coordinates, it builds an artificial panel of clusters, identifying the closest neighbors within each round. The results indicate a significant negative relation between girls' school attendance and water hauling activity, as a halving of water fetching time increases girls' school attendance by 2.4 percentage points on average, with stronger impacts in rural communities. The results seem to be the first definitive documentation of such a relationship in Africa. They document some of the multiple and wide population benefits of increased tap water access, in Africa and elsewhere.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17714533/water-hauling-girls-school-attendance-some-new-evidence-ghana
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6443
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15585
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6443
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectBOREHOLES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY MEMBERS
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WATER
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONNECTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WATER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectLITRES PER PERSON PER DAY
dc.subjectPUBLIC STANDPIPE
dc.subjectPUBLIC WELLS
dc.subjectPUMPS
dc.subjectQUANTITY OF WATER
dc.subjectRAINWATER
dc.subjectRAINWATER COLLECTION
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSPRING
dc.subjectSPRING WATER
dc.subjectSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectTOILET FACILITIES
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectURBAN COMMUNITY
dc.subjectWASTEWATER
dc.subjectWASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER COLLECTION
dc.subjectWATER DEFICIT
dc.subjectWATER DELIVERY
dc.subjectWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectWATER PROJECTS
dc.subjectWATER QUANTITY
dc.subjectWATER SOURCE
dc.subjectWATER SOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER SYSTEM
dc.subjectWATER TABLE
dc.subjectWATER TREATMENT
dc.subjectWELLS
dc.titleWater Hauling and Girls' School Attendance : Some New Evidence from Ghanaen
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okr.crossref.titleWater Hauling and Girls' School Attendance: Some New Evidence from Ghana
okr.date.disclosure2013-05-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:09:13.110807Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17714533/water-hauling-girls-school-attendance-some-new-evidence-ghana
okr.globalpracticeWater
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6443
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20130515082217
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17714533
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Resources::Water and Industry
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Use
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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