with the simple conceptual framework. The paper discusses possible implications for expenditure allocation. "--World Bank …

Although diet structure and activity throughout the developing world have shifted drastically over the past several …

planning. South Asia has by far the largest number of malnourished women and children, and no other region of the world has … well being and a nation's long-term development is hard to underestimate. For the South Asia region of the World Bank …

developing world, namely the likelihood of continued childbearing given the gender composition of existing children in the family … that son preference is apparent in many regions of the developing world and is particularly large in South Asia and in the … in larger families. "--World Bank web site …

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