Melanie Lührmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4471615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Lührmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Lührmann |
| SIGNATURE | LÜHRMANN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Holloway University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2257-8407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sanitation marketing in Nigeria
We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products by local businesses and the household demand for toilets in rural Nigeria. Results from a randomized controlled trial show that treated businesses were more likely to produce and market the new toilet model and to engage in the sales of sanitation products more generally. However, we find no discernible impact on househo…
Community matters
Sanitation is at the heart of public health policies in most of the developing world, where around 85% of the population still lack access to safe sanitation. We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. Results from a randomized controlled trial, implemented at scale in rural Nigeria, reveal stark heterogeneity in impacts: the intervention has immediate, stro…
Higher education financing and the educational aspirations of teenagers and their parents
Community matters
Sanitation is at the heart of public health policies in most of the developing world, where around 85% of the population still lack access to safe sanitation. We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. Results from a randomized controlled trial, implemented at scale in rural Nigeria, reveal stark heterogeneity in impacts: the intervention has immediate, stro…
Higher education financing and the educational aspirations of teenagers and their parents
Community matters
Sanitation is at the heart of public health policies in most of the developing world, where around 85% of the population still lack access to safe sanitation. We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. Results from a randomized controlled trial, implemented at scale in rural Nigeria, reveal stark heterogeneity in impacts: the intervention has immediate, stro…
Sanitation marketing in Nigeria
We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products by local businesses and the household demand for toilets in rural Nigeria. Results from a randomized controlled trial show that treated businesses were more likely to produce and market the new toilet model and to engage in the sales of sanitation products more generally. However, we find no discernible impact on househo…
Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Sanitation (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work)