's malnutrition. The children living in slums are more likely to experience anthropometric failure. Research limitations …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school-age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …

's malnutrition. The children living in slums are more likely to experience anthropometric failure. Research limitations …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school‐age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …

In India, 52-98 million people live in urban slums, and 59% of slums are "non-notified" or lack legal recognition by … the government. In this paper, we use data on 2,901 slums from four waves of the National Sample Survey (NSS) spanning … deprivation, non-notified slums were much less likely to receive financial aid from government slum improvement schemes. Our …