{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-query-tsx","path":"/research/caste-cleanliness-and-cash-effects-of-caste-based-political-reservations-in-rajasthan-on-a-sanitation-prize/","result":{"pageContext":{"post":{"slug":"/research/caste-cleanliness-and-cash-effects-of-caste-based-political-reservations-in-rajasthan-on-a-sanitation-prize/","title":"Caste, ‘Cleanliness’ and Cash: Effects of Caste-Based Political Reservations in Rajasthan on a Sanitation Prize","date":"Nov 09, 2013","timeToRead":1,"description":"Even compared with neighbouring countries, latrine use is especially uncommon in India. How might caste – historically associated with sanitation inequality – interact with government sanitation policy?","body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"title\": \"Caste, ‘Cleanliness’ and Cash: Effects of Caste-Based Political Reservations in Rajasthan on a Sanitation Prize\",\n  \"date\": \"2013-11-09\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"caste-cleanliness-and-cash-effects-of-caste-based-political-reservations-in-rajasthan-on-a-sanitation-prize\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/research/caste-cleanliness-and-cash-effects-of-caste-based-political-reservations-in-rajasthan-on-a-sanitation-prize/\",\n  \"description\": \"Even compared with neighbouring countries, latrine use is especially uncommon in India. How might caste – historically associated with sanitation inequality – interact with government sanitation policy?\",\n  \"tags\": \"Research, Sanitation\",\n  \"banner\": \"\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Authors: Sneha Lamba, Dean Spears\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Published in: \", mdx(\"em\", {\n    parentName: \"p\"\n  }, \"Journal of Development Studies\")), mdx(\"p\", null, mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"https://github.com/riceinstitute/content/blob/release/research/lamba-et-al-2013-caste-cleanliness-and-cash-effects-of-caste-based-political-reservations-in-rajasthan-on-a-sanitation-prize.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"Download Paper\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Abstract:\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Even compared with neighbouring countries, latrine use is especially uncommon in India. How\\xA0might caste \\u2013 historically associated with sanitation inequality \\u2013 interact with government sanitation policy? Using data from Rajasthan state, we investigate the effect of caste-based reservations for village chairmen elected\\xA0in 2005 on the likelihood of winning the government\\u2019s Clean Village Prize by mid 2012. \"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"This prize is a large cash\\xA0award for villages in which open defecation has been eliminated; thus it is intended to be a prize for both latrine\\xA0construction and use. Villages randomly assigned to a Scheduled (low-ranking) Caste chairman are less likely to\\xA0win the prize.\"));\n}\n;\nMDXContent.isMDXComponent = true;","tags":[{"name":"Research","slug":"research"},{"name":" Sanitation","slug":"sanitation"}],"banner":null}}},"staticQueryHashes":["318001574","3787687951","3787687951"]}