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Water System Unreliability And Diarrhea Incidence Among Children In Guatemala, Jennifer Trudeau, Anna-Maria Aksan, Wiliam F. Vásquez
Water System Unreliability And Diarrhea Incidence Among Children In Guatemala, Jennifer Trudeau, Anna-Maria Aksan, Wiliam F. Vásquez
WCBT Faculty Publications
OBJECTIVES:
This article examines the effect of water system unreliability on diarrhea incidence among children aged 0-5 in Guatemala.
METHODS:
We use secondary data from a nationally representative sample of 7579 children to estimate the effects of uninterrupted and interrupted water services on diarrhea incidence. The national scope of this study imposes some methodological challenges due to unobserved geographical heterogeneity. To address this issue, we estimate mixed-effects logit models that control for unobserved heterogeneity by estimating random effects of selected covariates that can vary across geographical areas (i.e. water system reliability).
RESULTS:
Compared to children without access to piped water, …
Análisis De La Sostenibilidad Del Proyecto De Producción Y Venta De Huevos De La Granja Nueva Vida, Guatemala, Maria R. Ibanez
Análisis De La Sostenibilidad Del Proyecto De Producción Y Venta De Huevos De La Granja Nueva Vida, Guatemala, Maria R. Ibanez
Maria Ibanez
El presente documento analiza la sostenibilidad del proyecto de producción y venta de huevos de la Casa Nueva Vida, localizada en las cercanías de Santa Cruz de Quiché, Guatemala. En el primer apartado, se presentan los resultados del análisis financiero, en el segundo, el estudio de mercado, y en el tercero, las recomendaciones. Finalmente, se recogen las conclusiones del informe.