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inflation with child malnutrition status. We find that the prevalence of underweight amongst children rises in response to a …,000 severely underweight children. -- food prices ; inflation ; child malnutrition ; Mozambique ; short to medium-run relationship …
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Child malnutrition continues to be a serious impediment to development both at the individual and national levels in many developing countries. In Mozambique, despite a high and sustained GDP growth, child malnutrition has been decreasing at a rather slow pace over the past 15 years. In this...
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health outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using household panel data matched with spatially disaggregated data on weather … results reveal a positive association between exposure to dry weather shocks and stunting among children. The effects are …
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children aged two to five years (toddlers) and boys exclusively. On the other hand, female on-farm work significantly matters … for children aged zero to two years (infants) and girls exclusively. …
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children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households …, reducing diet diversification and increasing the exposure to malnutrition, mainly for children. Empirical evidence on such … household survey data from 2019-20, which includes a detailed consumption module and anthropometric measures for children under …
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deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal …
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link urban and rural nodes, children have remained less urbanized than adults, and many grow up without co-resident parents …. Although children are clearly affected by adult labour migration, they have tended to be ignored in the migration discourse. A … focus on children provides an unusual lens for considering migration dynamics and can help to advance an understanding of …
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New developments of existing technologies over time have led to emergent patterns of technology adoption and, accordingly, changing impacts on economy and society. Focusing on the arrival of mobile internet in the early 2010s in developing countries, this paperidentifiessignificant positive...
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We examine the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer in Lesotho using an experimental impact evaluation design. We find that the cash transfer led to different outcomes for girls and boys, overall favouring secondary school-aged girls. Girls in this age group were less likely to miss school,...
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This paper attempts to measure the extent of inequality within households and its contribution to overall levels of inequality in child well-being. The paper analyses the distribution of resources (outcomes) between girls and boys for four indicators: nutrition, birth registration, school...
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