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

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

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

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