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Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
Jones, Sam - 2018
Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper …
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Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Improving Human Development Outcomes?
Mete, Cem - 2017
finds that children born into consanguineous marriages have lower test scores, lower height-for-age, and a higher likelihood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954326
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The Effects of In-Kind Demand-Side Conditional Transfers for Improving Uptake of Maternal and Child Health Services in Rwanda
Shapira, Gil - 2017
To diagnose and treat preventable threats to maternal and neonatal health in Sub-Saharan Africa, a policy focus has been put on increasing coverage rates of targeted health services. Exploiting an experimental design, this study evaluates the impacts of an in-kind conditional transfer...
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Dynamics of Child Development : Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort in a Very Low Income Country
Galasso, Emanuela - 2017
Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962316
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The Socioeconomics of Fish Consumption and Child Health in Bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2019
diseases for children in their first years of life. Better maternal education and family economic status significantly increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900874
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Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
Raju, Dhushyanth - 2019
This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 2013. The study also decomposes the difference in mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901735
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Promoting Early Childhood Development Through Combining Cash Transfers and Parenting Programs
Arriagada, Ana-Maria - 2018
stimulation to boost child development, particularly for children ages 0-3 years. The paper reviews the rationale for linking both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906740
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Comprehensive Private School Model for Low-Income Urban Children in Mexico
Santibanez, Lucrecia - 2018
first grade for a Mexico City private school that targets and subsidizes attendance for low-income children. Over three … more satisfied with their school and had higher educational expectations for their children. Unlike findings from low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906741
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Malnutrition Gap as a New Measure of Child Malnutrition : A Global Application
Feng, Juan - 2018
, overweight, and severe wasting?are headcount ratios. They do not capture how far behind malnourished children are relative to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906970
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Feeding of Infants and Young Children in South Asia
Torlesse, Harriet - 2018
that initiatives to end undernutrition in the region should focus on improving the diets of young children. This review of …. Children who are most at risk of experiencing poor feeding include those who are born small, have younger mothers, and live in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907320