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Evaluating the Impact on Child Mortality of a Water Supply and Sewerage Expansion in Quito: Is Water Enough?

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Galdo, Virgilio, Briceño, Bertha·2005
DOI 10.18235/0011133
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This paper explores the impact that a water supply and sewerage (W&S) expansion had on child mortality in Quito, Ecuador. Studies have typically estimated the effects of this type of interventions comparing outcome indicators - at the aggregate level - of areas with the facilities and areas that lack them, quite often neglecting systematic differences between treated and nontreated areas. Moreover, at aggregate levels, on the one hand, less comprehensive information may imply greater unobserved and uncontrolled heterogeneity; on the other, heterogeneity within areas may jeopardize identification of impacts. To account for these key observations, the authors used a propensity score matching (PSM) analysis at the individual level. Using indirect methods based on census data they constructed a mortality index at the motherhood level, and calculated five different impact estimators based on the propensity scores.

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  • Galdo 2005 was excluded because it had an ineligible setting (not specific to slum settings, city-wide intervention and outcomes).

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    From Slum upgrading strategies involving physical environment and infrastructure interventions and their effects on health and socio-economic outcomes (2013) · cites this paper as Galdo 2005

    The Project section describes an intervention covering about 22 neighborhoods in southern Quito, not one specific to slum settings. The paper also reports mortality outcomes for Quito more broadly (Measurements of Infant and Child Mortality in Quito). However, calling the intervention itself city-wide overstates its geographic reach. The decision to exclude the study belongs to the citing authors, not to Galdo and Briceño. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Galdo, V., & Briceño, B.
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Published
2005-05-15
DOI
10.18235/0011133
OpenAlex
W1724680920
Cited by
13
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Language
en
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RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Keywords
child mortality, water supply expansion, sanitation, Quito, mortality index, motherhood, unobserved heterogeneity, impact estimation

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