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Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills : Evidence from India's Total Sanitation Campaign

Early life health and net nutrition shape childhood and adult cognitive skills and human capital. In poor countries -- and especially in South Asia -- widespread open defecation without making use of a toilet or latrine is an important source of ch...

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Main Authors: Spears, Dean, Lamba, Sneha
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABILITY LEVELS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
ADOLESCENCE
ADULT EDUCATION
AGE COHORT
AGE TRENDS
AGED
BULLETIN
CENSUSES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILDHOOD
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COGNITIVE TESTS
CONTROL GROUPS
DEFECATION
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD
DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL
DEWORMING
DIARRHEA
DIARRHOEA
DISEASE
DRINKING WATER
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY INTERVENTION
EARLY YEARS
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
EDUCATIONAL TESTS
ENROLLMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
FEMALE EDUCATION
GIRLS
GLOBAL HEALTH
GLOBAL POVERTY
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HOOKWORM
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN EXCRETA
HYGIENE
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFERENCE
INFLAMMATION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALABSORPTION
MALNUTRITION
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
MEDICINE
MIGRATION
MORTALITY
MOTHER
MOTIVATION
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PIT LATRINES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR HEALTH
POPULATION DENSITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
READING
RECOGNITION
RESEARCH PROGRAM
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CHILDREN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL DISTRICT
RURAL POPULATION
SANITARY CONDITIONS
SANITATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEX
SIGNIFICANT POLICY
SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TABOO
TOUCH
TREATMENT
TROPICAL MEDICINE
TUITION
URBAN AREAS
VACCINATION
VACCINATION PROGRAM
WOMAN
WORKFORCE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18403894/effects-early-life-exposure-sanitation-childhood-cognitive-skills-evidence-indias-total-sanitation-campaign
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16872

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18403894/effects-early-life-exposure-sanitation-childhood-cognitive-skills-evidence-indias-total-sanitation-campaign
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16872

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