A growing literature indicates that effects of early-life health on adult economic outcomes
could be substantial in developing countries, but the magnitude of this effect is debated. We …

The issue of open defecation is ubiquitous in a country like India where certain demographic
groups are underprivileged and often the victims of substandard life and human right …

This article examines two narratives on the subject of child undernutrition in India espoused
by competing sides of the policy elite. It argues that undertaking narrative policy analysis in a …

India's slow progress in combating its malnutrition problem was highlighted most starkly
when a comparison between its rates of poverty and malnutrition decline between the mid …

Literacy and public education rather than economic growth are integral to eradicating open
defecation, suggests this study of sanitation practices in three districts of West Bengal and …

The links among social inequality, economic inequality, and health have long been of
interest to social scientists, but causal links are difficult to investigate empirically. In …

The fact that many Indian rural dwellings lack toilets and that, therefore, a significant
proportion of India's rural population is forced to defecate in the open has, by facilitating the …

This book examines sanitation and toilet access across rural India, focusing on
psychological, socio-cultural, infrastructural, and normative barriers to the initiative of …

Diarrhoeal diseases are very common causes of death in low and middle-income countries.
The aim for this systematic review was to show which promotional approaches might change …