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

In 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,...

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Main Authors:	Nauges, Celine, Strand, Jon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BOREHOLES COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONSTRUCTION DOMESTIC WATER DRINKING WATER HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER HOUSEHOLDS LITRES PER PERSON PER DAY PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC WELLS PUMPS QUANTITY OF WATER RAINWATER RAINWATER COLLECTION RIVERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SPRING SPRING WATER SURFACE WATER TOILET FACILITIES URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN COMMUNITY WASTEWATER WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT WATER COLLECTION WATER DEFICIT WATER DELIVERY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER PROJECTS WATER QUANTITY WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER TABLE WATER TREATMENT WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17714533/water-hauling-girls-school-attendance-some-new-evidence-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15585