Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However … subsidies for poor households in two provinces of China and find no evidence that the subsidies improved nutrition. In fact, it …

We study the effect on nutrition of an exogenous increase in food grain subsidy in rural India resulting from a program … grains that are cheaper, yet taste-wise, inferior sources of nutrition, but had no effect on calorie, protein and fat intake … nutrition are also negligible. We find evidence that the decline in the price of wheat and rice, changed consumption patterns …

Recent analyses differ on how effective the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC …) is at improving infant health. We use data from nine states that participate in the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance …

transfers, have either been tried or put in place in different countries in order to fight under-nutrition. A number of …A wide range of interventions, from subsidized grains all the way to conditions on nutrition in conditional cash …

nutrition trap (but are not necessarily overweight) are at increased risk of metabolic disease. The model and the underlying …