health

Evidence from Liberia highlights the role of peacebuilding interventions, through providing a ‘security umbrella’ that promotes local economic development and enables health services provision and access, in reducing fertility rates and improving hea...

After the public disclosure of alleged forced sterilisations during a family planning campaign, municipalities in Peru with more victims exhibited a steep decline in public health services and lower levels of trust in public institutions

Increased access to financial services after the expansion of banks in India improved household health outcomes

Sanitation investments in India led to large increases in water pollution, which offset the intended health benefits of increased latrine construction

Air pollution in China has significant negative effects on mortality and morbidity in South Korea, and accounting for this amplifies the overall benefits of environmental regulation

The collapse of vulture populations in India due to accidental poisoning prevented the scavenging of carcasses, worsening sanitation, and thus increasing human mortality

Poverty, low social capital and low government administrative capacity hinder sanitation improvements, even when the health benefits are clear.

Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive

Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices