Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work

Walle, Dominique van de ; Koolwal, Gayatri

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO MARKETS;    ADEQUATE EDUCATION;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    CHANNEL;    CHANNELS;   

RP-ID  :  64928

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In the developing world, poor ruralwomen and their children spend considerable time collectingwater. Do women living in areas where more time is neededfor water collection tend to participate less inincome-earning, market-based activities? Do the educationoutcomes of their children tend to be worse? This note usesmicro-data for eight developing countries to examine thesequestions. Better access to water is not found to beassociated with greater off-farm paid work for women, but isassociated with less unpaid work. In countries wheresubstantial gender gaps in schooling exist, enrollment forboth boys and girls tends to be higher.