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Agriculture, food security, nutrition and the Millenium Development Goals:
von Braun, Joachim; Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education 3. Promote gender equality and empower women 4. Reduce child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996835
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Women: still the key to food and nutrition security
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to … policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all....IFPRI's research findings … task requires policies that eradicate gender discrimination, proactively promote catch-up for women, and involve women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997083
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Child health care demand in a developing country
Hallman, Kelly - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
This study examines how quality, price, and access to curative health care influence use of modern public, modern private, and traditional providers among 3,000 children age 0-2 years in Cebu, Philippines. The analysis relies on a series of household, community, and health facility surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997237
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis
Smith, Lisa C.; Haddad, Lawrence James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
"One in three pre-school children in the developing world is undernourished. As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037836
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Gender equality and investments in adolescents in the rural Philippines:
Bouis, Howarth E.; Palabrica-Costello, Marilou; Solon, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
Philippines are generally treated equally, provid ing a contrast with other Asian settings where discrimination by gender is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037844
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The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries:
Smith, Lisa C.; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Ndiaye, Aida; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"Malnutrition affects one out of every three preschool-age children living in developing countries.This disturbing, yet preventable, state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, presents a major obstacle to the development process.Volumes have been written about the causes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037914
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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala
Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038027
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Overcoming child malnutrition in developing countries
Smith, Lisa C.; Haddad, Lawrence James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
In 1995, 167 million children under five years old—almost one-third of developing-country children—were malnourished. Malnutrition causes a great deal of human suffering, and it is a violation of a child's human rights. It is associated with more than half of all deaths of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996896
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Towards a Model for Analyzing the Impact of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies on Households: A Review
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C. - 1994
This paper has two objectives: determination and assessment how the existing empirical household models capture the effects of changes in macroeconomic variables on the welfare of the Filipino household and identification of research gaps in the literature. For some of the Philippine models to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011935720
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Results of an impact evaluation study on DepED's school-based feeding program
Tabunda, Ana Maria L.; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; … - 2016
The link between malnutrition and poor health among elementary school children and absenteeism, early dropout and poor classroom performance as well as the effectiveness of school-based nutrition and health interventions in improving school performance are well-established in the literature....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784778