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In areas afflicted by civil conflict, development projects can potentially serve an important counterinsurgency function by redressing grievances of marginalized groups and reducing violence. Using a large-scale randomized field experiment in Afghanistan, this paper explores whether the...
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Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome...
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widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia, and most parts of South Asia, is linked to child cognitive ability and … on child outcomes, prior work likely underestimates the negative impacts of consanguinity on child outcomes. This paper … consanguinity on child cognitive ability and height-for-age are identified by (current and past) grandfather land ownership and …
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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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Longitudinal patterns of child development and socioeconomic status are described for a cohort of children in … lagged outcomes, maternal endowments, measures of child health, and home stimulation. Wealth gradients are significant at …
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Child malnutrition in Bangladesh exceeds WHO's threshold for public health emergencies. Using more than 36,000 records … than fish for child health. In addition, mothers' individual preferences for different animal-source foods, and the … seasonal availability of fish during the pre- and post-partum periods have large effects on child mortality and significant …
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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 child growth between slum and nonslum areas in 2013, and the … increase in mean child growth in slum and nonslum areas from 2006 to 2013. Mother's education attainment and household wealth …
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This paper examines the potential for bringing together cash transfer and parenting programs focused on child … stimulation to boost child development, particularly for children ages 0-3 years. The paper reviews the rationale for linking both … program has improved some parental practices and child development outcomes, with results in cognition and language. However …
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In low-income countries, private schools are perceived as superior alternatives to the public sector, often improving achievement at a fraction of the cost. It is unclear whether private schools are as effective in middle-income countries where the public sector has relatively more resources. To...
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of malnutrition can therefore improve the monitoring of child malnutrition across countries, and consequently help …
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