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South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper...
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Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
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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 …
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"Studies have shown that malnourished children in developing countries score lower on tests of cognitive function and …
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quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …
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"Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms … of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on early childhood nut ition on education in developing countries by …
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quality, and labor market opportunities play equal or even greater roles in the decision to have children work. This study … the likelihood that children stay in school. " Author's Abstract …
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A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
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