Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia
Over the past decades child stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates. While the country experienced several droughts during this period, it also received enormous amounts of food aid, leading some to question the effectiveness of food a...
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okr-10986-181352021-04-23T14:03:41Z Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia Yamano, Takashi Alderman, Harold Christiaensen, Luc AGRICULTURE AID ALLOCATION CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURE LEVEL FAMINE FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PUBLIC TRANSFERS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TARGETING URBAN AREAS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CROP LOSSES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Over the past decades child stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates. While the country experienced several droughts during this period, it also received enormous amounts of food aid, leading some to question the effectiveness of food aid in reducing child malnutrition. Using nationally representative household surveys from 1995-96 and controlling for program placement, Yamano, Alderman, and Christiaensen find that children between 6 and 24 months experienced about 0.9 cm less growth over a six-month period in communities where half the crop area was damaged compared with those without crop damage. Food aid was also found to have a substantial effect on the growth of children in this age group. And on average, the total amount of food aid appeared to be sufficient to protect children against plot damage, an encouraging sign that food aid can act as an effective insurance mechanism, though its cost-effectiveness needs further investigation. 2014-05-01T20:28:14Z 2014-05-01T20:28:14Z 2003-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2504036/child-growth-shocks-food-aid-rural-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18135 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3128 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia |
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AGRICULTURE AID ALLOCATION CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURE LEVEL FAMINE FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PUBLIC TRANSFERS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TARGETING URBAN AREAS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CROP LOSSES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS |
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AGRICULTURE AID ALLOCATION CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURE LEVEL FAMINE FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PUBLIC TRANSFERS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TARGETING URBAN AREAS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME CROP LOSSES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Yamano, Takashi Alderman, Harold Christiaensen, Luc Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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Over the past decades child stunting in
Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates. While the country
experienced several droughts during this period, it also
received enormous amounts of food aid, leading some to
question the effectiveness of food aid in reducing child
malnutrition. Using nationally representative household
surveys from 1995-96 and controlling for program placement,
Yamano, Alderman, and Christiaensen find that children
between 6 and 24 months experienced about 0.9 cm less growth
over a six-month period in communities where half the crop
area was damaged compared with those without crop damage.
Food aid was also found to have a substantial effect on the
growth of children in this age group. And on average, the
total amount of food aid appeared to be sufficient to
protect children against plot damage, an encouraging sign
that food aid can act as an effective insurance mechanism,
though its cost-effectiveness needs further investigation. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Yamano, Takashi Alderman, Harold Christiaensen, Luc |
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Yamano, Takashi Alderman, Harold Christiaensen, Luc |
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Yamano, Takashi |
| title |
Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia |
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child growth, shocks, and food aid in rural ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2504036/child-growth-shocks-food-aid-rural-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18135 |
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