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Marriages between blood relatives - also known as consanguineous unions - are widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia and most parts of South Asia. Researchers have suggested that consanguinity has adverse effects on child development, but assessing its impact is not straightforward as...
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Though parental education is widely perceived to be an important determinant of child nutrition outcomes, there remain significant uncertainties about whether maternal or paternal education matters most, whether there are increasing or decreasing returns to parental education, and whether these...
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Marriages between blood relatives – also known as consanguineous unions – are widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia and most parts of South Asia. Researchers have suggested that consanguinity has adverse effects on child development, but assessing its impact is not...
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How rapidly will child malnutrition respond to GNP growth? This study explores that question using household data from … twelve countries. In addition, data on the malnutrition rates since the 1970s available from a cross section of countries are … national level imply similar rates of reduction in malnutrition at the same rate of increase income. Using these estimates we …
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