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The nutrition sensitivity of food and agriculture in South Asia

Dizon, Felipe; Josephson, Anna; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2019

Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia … transfer programs are aimed at addressing this, most are too small to have a marked effect in protecting or promoting nutrition …. Several supply-side food and agricultural interventions suggest promise in improving nutrition, although their effects have …

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Accounting for regional differences in mother and child health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

Dasgupta, Susmita; Wheeler, David - 2019

; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …

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Evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in the Republic of Yemen

Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019

The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...

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Why are so many children stunted in the Philippines?

Capanzana, Mario V.; Demombynes, Gabriel Maurice Gaudefroy - 2020

of stunting in the Philippines, using data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey. Potential drivers are analyzed … associations with stunting. The results point to a series of policy priorities to reduce stunting: supporting the nutrition and …

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Food prices, access to markets and child undernutrition in Ethiopia

Brenton, Paul; Nyawo, Mike - 2019

potentially positive impacts on child nutrition …

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Replication redux : the reproducibility crisis and the case of deworming

Ozier, Owen - 2019

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later, a headline in the Guardian reported that this treatment, deworming, had been "debunked."...

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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets

Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...

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Covariate shocks and child undernutrition : a review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Debebe, Zelalem Yilma; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2020

individual welfare and particularly child nutrition status. This paper reviews the evidence on the effect of covariate shocks on … child nutrition status in low- and middle-income countries, the pathways through which the effect operates, and the … relationship between the timing of a child's exposure to a covariate shock and the effect on child nutrition status. The paper also …

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Children need clean water to grow : E. Coli contamination of drinking water and childhood nutrition in Bangladesh

Joseph, George; Haque, Sabrina S.; Moqueet, Nazia; Hoo, … - 2019

Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions are increasingly recognized as essential for improving nutritional outcomes in children. Emerging literature describes the negative effects of poor sanitation on child growth. However, limited evidence has shown a link between water quality and...

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Obesity and food away from home : what drives the socioeconomic gradient in excess body weight?

Strupat, Christoph; Farfán, Gabriela; Moritz, Laura; … - 2019

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise, and the links with socioeconomic status, is not yet well understood. This paper explores this...

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