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Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2010

Comparing DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...

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Impact of caregiver incentives on child health : evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in Indi

Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016

This paper provides evidence of effectiveness for performance pay among government caregivers to improve child health in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers to receive either fixed bonuses or incentive payments...

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The nutritional returns to parental education

Alderman, Harold; Headey, Derek D. - 2014

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Poverty and nutrition : a case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam

Waibel, Hermann; Hohfeld, Lena - 2016

similar improvements in the nutritional situation of the people and especially of children. We find that undernutrition … status. Our conclusion that non-monetary factors matter to reduce undernutrition, and, therefore, monetary poverty reduction … is not a sufficient condition, is further underlined by a prediction of future undernutrition rates based on regressions …

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