2000, and helped to avoid problems of severe malnutrition among young children … nutritional status of infants and young children from adverse effects of the crisis. The use of heterogeneity in program exposure … all targeted children experienced homogenous exposure to the program, and facilitates identification in a setting in which …

exploits heterogeneity in duration of program exposure to evaluate the impact of the program on children aged 6 to 60 months …. By examining differences in nutritional status of treated younger children and a placebo group of older children, the … analysis finds that the program improved the nutritional status of treated children, and most significantly, led to 7 and 15 …

reduction over the past decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high. With 48 percent of children stunted, underweight … challenges depend on the chosen undernutrition statistic, as the share, number, and concentration of undernourished children …Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial …

exploits heterogeneity in duration of program exposure to evaluate the impact of the program on children aged 6 to 60 months …. By examining differences in nutritional status of treated younger children and a placebo group of older children, the … analysis finds that the program improved the nutritional status of treated children, and most significantly, led to 7 and 15 …