the health status of children. Obviously, quantifying the health impact of such a crisis is a serious task given the lack …-in-difference estimator is used to quantify the impact of the food crisis on the health status of children. The findings suggest that at least …In 2002 Malawi experienced a serious shortage of cereals due to adverse climatic conditions. The World Food Programme …

We study the causal effect of hospital births on infant survival in Malawi and Ethiopia. We find that the hospital … exogenous variation by distance in the traveling cost to the health facility. We find a consistent sign of the causal estimates … incentivize mothers to utilize hospital or medical care for their children after the births and this may link the relationship …

reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting …,604 children under the age of 5. To identify the effect of aid, we rely on spatial and temporal variation in aid project coverage … already for children born in the early project implementation phase and lasts for children born up to 3 years after project …