rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. …

Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper …€™s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the authors first construct and test basic models of the intermediate determinants of child … and maternal nutritional change and then decompose predicted changes in nutrition outcomes over time. …

Though parental education is widely perceived to be an important determinant of child nutrition outcomes, there remain … significant uncertainties about whether maternal or paternal education matters most, whether there are increasing or decreasing … returns to parental education, and whether these returns are robust given that recent gains in enrollment have not always …

"Studies have shown that malnourished children in developing countries score lower on tests of cognitive function and …

across the life course, from the preconception health status of the mother through adulthood. This paper lays out a core …

vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …-term well-being of children has accelerated international, regional, and national commitments to social protection programs in …

vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …-term well-being of children has accelerated international, regional, and national commitments to social protection programs in …