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Malnutrition, child health, and water quality : is there a role for private sector participation in South Asia?

Kosec, Katrina - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 2, pp. 450-470

with a lower incidence of diarrheal disease and higher rates of access to piped water among young children in urban Africa …

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Childhood undernutrition in South Asia : perspectives from the field of nutrition

Menon, Purnima - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 2, pp. 274-295

South Asia carries the world's highest burden of child nutrition. The problem has attracted many scholars, and many views. In this article, I describe the problem through the lens of a nutritionist, using a robust conceptual framework, and linking perspectives from the biological and social...

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The response of child nutrition to changes in income : linking biology with economics

Alderman, Harold - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 58 (2012) 2, pp. 256-273

children in the world. It also has the largest number of people with diabetes despite moderate levels of obesity. These two … observations may in fact be linked; poverty breeds malnutrition in children and chronic diseases in adults. This article reviews …

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