Geetika Nagpal

Governments in developing countries tend to invest millions in providing water and sewage infrastructure in a quest to improve the pathogenic environment faced by children under five, who are at the greatest risk for diarrheal disease. However, there exists little evidence on the impact of this infrastructure provision on health and economic outcomes in a developing country context. This project seeks to identify the effects of the provision of these public services, in particular on sanitary levels and the health outcomes of children and adults. An extension of the project would seek to examine the issue of imperfect take-up, or the “last mile” problem in the provision of these services.