sample of children 0–59 months old in Bolivia and a rich set of child health and development outcomes including measures from … (SD) in height for age and weight for age z-scores respectively, between children in the top and bottom quintile of the … expenditure distribution. Children in the top quintile are less likely to have iron deficiency (11 pp) and anemia (17 pp), whereas …

On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the … nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid … urbanization taking place throughout the developing world and in targeting resources appropriately to raise population health. We …

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