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In this paper, we review existing food and nutrition security indicators, discuss some of their advantages and … reference to the existing definitions of food and nutrition security (FNS), in particular as they have been agreed upon and … FNS indicators to quantify the impacts of various shocks and interventions on food and nutrition security outcomes. …
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We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …
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We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …
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study arms receive nutrition information. We find that performance pay reduces the prevalence of underweight by about 5 …
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In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … similar improvements in the nutritional situation of the people and especially of children. We find that undernutrition … Organization's threshold. We investigate the factors that influence nutrition outcomes, measured as Z-scores of the weight …
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Comparing DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...
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