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WASH and Nutrition Synergies: The Case of Tunisia

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  • Jose Cuesta
  • Laura Maratou-Kolias

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This paper develops a simple econometric strategy to operationalise the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF’s) conceptual framework for nutrition. It estimates the extent to which child stunting correlates with investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across population groups (poor and nonpoor) and residence (urban and rural). Moving away from estimating single intervention marginal returns, the empirical framework of intervention packages is tested in Tunisia, a country with notable but uneven progress in reducing stunting. A successful nutritional strategy will thereby require mapping the distinctive intervention packages by residence and socio-economic status, away from universal policies, that more strongly correlate with reduction in stunting.

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  • Jose Cuesta & Laura Maratou-Kolias, 2019. "WASH and Nutrition Synergies: The Case of Tunisia," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(9), pages 2024-2045, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:55:y:2019:i:9:p:2024-2045
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2018.1516870
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