Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has had an aggregate malnutrition rate of nearly 30 percent for the last decade. While … static for SSA. This static trend in the percentage of malnourished children, however, does not fully reflect the rapidly … rising numbers of malnourished children given SSA's high population growth rate. The LSMS/ISs, or (Living Standards …

This article models the determinants of pre-school age malnutrition in Africa using the Demographic Health Surveys. By … examining the differences in the impact of mother's and father's education on the nutrition of boys and girls, we draw … has a larger impact on daughter's than son's nutrition, and whether father's education favors son's nutrition. Using …