Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania: Combined effects of income growth and program interventions

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Hoogeveen, Hans ^a   Rossi, Mariacristina ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Height; Income growth; MDG; Nutrition; Program evaluation; Tanzania; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SANITATION; SIMULATION; TANZANIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; TANZANIA;

EID: 30444438879     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Ainsworth, M., Semali, I., 2001. The impact of adult death on children's health in northwestern Tanzania. World Bank Working Paper No. 2266.
2. A. Abdulai D. Aubert A cross-section analysis of household demand for food and nutrients in Tanzania Agric. Econ. 31 2004 67-79
3. H. Alderman Anthropometry In: P. Glewwe M. Grosh (Eds.), Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries vol. 1 2000 Oxford University Press Oxford
4. Allen, L., Gillespie, S., 2001. What Works? A Review of Efficacy and Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions. Asian Development Bank, Nutrition and Development Series # 5, Manila.
5. Attanasio O., Vera-Hernandez, A., 2004. Medium and long run effects of nutrition and child care: Evaluation of a community nursery programme in rural Colombia, unpublished paper.
6. B. Baltagi Econometric Analysis of Panel Data 2001 John Wiley Chichester, New York
7. J. Behrman H. Alderman J. Hoddinott Hunger and malnutrition In: B. Lomborg (Ed.), Global Crises, Global Solutions 2004 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
8. J. Behrman Y. Cheng P. Todd Evaluating preschool programs when length of exposure to the program varies: A non parametric approach Rev. Econ. Stat. 86 2004 108-132
9. T. Breusch A. Pagan The Lagrange multiplier test and its applications to model specification in econometrics Rev. Econ. Stud. 47 1980 239-253
10. L. Christiaensen H. Alderman Child malnutrition in Ethiopia: Can maternal knowledge augment the role of income? Econ. Dev. Cultur. Change 52 2004 287-312
11. A. Deaton M. Grosh Designing household survey questionnaires for developing countries: Lessons from fifteen years of the Living Standards Measurement Study In: P. Glewwe M. Grosh (Eds.), Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries vol. 1 2000 Oxford University Press Oxford 91-133
12. Demombynes G., Hoogeveen, J., 2004. Growth, inequality and simulated poverty paths for Tanzania, 1992-2002, World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 3432. World Bank, Washington, DC.
13. M. de Onis M. Blössner E. Borghi E. Frongillo R. Morris Estimates of global prevalence of childhood underweight in 1990 and 2015 J. Am. Med. Assoc. 291 2004 2600-2606
14. S. Gillespie L. Haddad Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: What we know and what we need to know J. Int. Dev. 13 2001 487-511
15. P. Glewwe S. Koch B. Nguyen Child nutrition, economic growth and the provision of health care services in Vietnam In: P. Glewwe N. Agrawal D. Dollar (Eds.), Economic Growth, Poverty, and Household Welfare in Vietnam 2004 World Bank Washington, DC
16. L. Haddad H. Alderman S. Appleton L. Song Y. Yohannes Reducing child malnutrition: How far does income growth take us? World Bank Econ. Rev. 17 2003 107-131
17. J. Heckman R. Lalonde J. Smith The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs In: O. Ashenfelter D. Card (Eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics vol. 3A 1999 Elsevier Science Amsterdam 1865-2097
18. J. Hoddinott B. Kinsey Child growth in the time of drought Oxford Bull. Econ. Stat. 63 2001 409-436
19. Kandala, N., Fahrmeir, L., Klasen, S. 2002. Geo-additive models of childhood undernutrition in three Sub-Saharan African countries. Statistical Analysis of Discrete Structures. Discussion Paper #287. University of Munich.
20. J. Killewo et al. Prevalence of HIV-1 infection in the Kagera Region of Tanzania: A population-based study AIDS 4 1990 1081-1085
21. C. Lutter J. Mora J.-P. Habicht K. Rasmussen D. Robson M. Herrera Age-specific responsiveness of weight and length to nutritional supplementation Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 51 1990 359-364
22. Mkenda, A., 2004. The Benefits of Malnutrition Interventions: Empirical Evidence and Lessons to Tanzania, World Bank, unpublished paper.
23. M. Pitt M. Rosenzweig D. Gibbons The determinants and consequences of the placement of government programs in Indonesia In: D. van de Walle K. Need (Eds.), Public Spending and the Poor: Theory and Evidence 1995 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 114-149
24. REPOA, 2004. Trends in Malnutrition in Tanzania, Mimeo.
25. M. Rosenzweig K. Wolpin Evaluating the effects of optimally distributed public programs: Child health and family planning interventions Am. Econ. Rev. 76 1986 470-482
26. A. Quisumbing Food aid and child nutrition in rural Ethiopia World Dev. 31 2003 1309-1324
27. D. Schroeder R. Martorell J. Rivera M. Ruel J.-P. Habicht Age differences in the impact of nutritional supplementation on growth J. Nutr. 125 1995 1051S-1059S
28. R. Shrimpton C. Victora M. de Onis R. Costa Lima M. Blössner G. Clugston Worldwide timing of growth faltering: Implications for nutritional interventions Pediatrics 107 2001 75-81
29. P. Svedberg Undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is there a gender bias? J. Dev. Stud. 26 1990 469-486
30. T. Yamano H. Alderman L. Christaensen Child growth, shocks, and food aid in rural Ethiopia Am. J. Agric. Econ. 87 2005 273-288
31. J. Wooldridge Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data 2002 MIT Press Cambridge, MA
32. WHO, 1986. Use and interpretation of anthropometric indicators of nutritional status. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, Geneva.
33. World Health Organization (WHO), 1995. Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry, WHO Technical Report No. 854, Geneva.