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Nutrition, Income Instability and Quality of Life: Determinants and Differential Patterns across Members within the Household

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Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper addresses the relationship between quality of life and deprivation. In particular, this study uses nutritional insecurity and income instability as measures of deprivation and...

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Social Assistance and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES

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social assistance has the potential to positively affect birth outcomes, most likely through improved nutrition. Assuming …

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The Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6-42 Months In Bogota

Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We study the socio-economic gradient of child development on a representative sample of low- and middle-income children … of the child's abilities. We find a statistically significant difference between children in the 90th and 10th percentile …

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Intercontinental Evidence on Socioeconomic Status and Early Childhood: Cognitive Skills: Is Latin America Different?

Lopez Boo, Florencia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This paper documents disparities in cognitive development- as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children … when controlling for a large number of important mediators, such as preschool, early nutrition, and schooling. Past …

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Boys' Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Growth: Long-term Experimental Evidence on Critical Ages for Early Childhood Interventions

Barham, Tania; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

results confirm that interventions that improve nutrition and/or health during the first 1,000 days of life can have lasting … positive impacts on cognitive development for children. The finding that the results differ for cognitive functioning and …

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The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers

Gitter, Seth; Manley, James; Barham, Brad - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

resources from younger to older children to sustain their school attendance. The experimental design includes both CCT and non …

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Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru: A Within-Sibling Investigation

Outes-Leon, Ingo; Porter, Catherine; Sánchez, Alan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper examines the causal link between early childhood nutrition and cognition, applying instrumental variables to … sibling-differences for a sample of preschool aged Peruvian children. Child-specific shocks in the form of food price changes …

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Political Consensus Building: The Brasilia International Conference on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2003

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank reiterated their support for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to establish the basis for a renewed political consensus...

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