How Access to Urban Potable Water and Sewerage Connections Affects Child Mortality

Shi, Anqing

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO SERVICES;    ADEQUATE WATER;    CENTRAL GOVERNMENT;    CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS;    CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2274
RP-ID  :  WPS2274

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Using a city-level database of globalUrban Indicators, the author finds that: 1) Improved accessto urban potable water and sewerage connections isconsistently associated with low child mortality. 2)Government involvement in providing water services,especially locally, significantly reduces child mortality.3) Private or parastatal participation in providing sewerageconnections is associated with low child mortality. $) Rapidurban growth and high levels of poverty within the city arecorrelated with high child mortality.