Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases (English)

In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy in India, focusing on unprecedented Supreme Court rulings that targeted industrial pollution in the Ganga River. In a difference-in-differences framework, the rulings are found to have precipitated reductions in river pollution and one-month infant mortality, both of...

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Do,Quy-Toan;

Joshi,Shareen;

Stolper,Samuel;
Document Date
2016/08/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7799
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2016/08/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases
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Do,Quy-Toan; Joshi,Shareen; Stolper,Samuel.

Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7799 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555321471621854943

Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases (English)

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