age. To protect the health, development, and wellbeing of young children, decision-makers must identify and reduce …This report complements Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development by looking at environmental health issues … that affect child health broadly, while also exploring the links through malnutrition. This report argues that …

children are a key component of the relationship. Second, he conducts a decomposition analysis of health inequality and finds … resources. By combining demographic and health survey (DHS) and population census data, the author disaggregates the estimates … that the between-location share of health inequality is lower than with consumption inequality. Finally, he evaluates the …

feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this puzzle, the authors assess the program's placement and its outcomes using … National Family Health Survey data from 1992 and 1998. They find that program placement is clearly regressive across states …

"Malnutrition is associated with an inadequate diet, poor health and sanitation services, and insufficient care for … young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this …

the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between …

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child … health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries …