Vulnerability to Malnutrition in the West African Sahel

Vulnerability to Malnutrition in the West African Sahel

This study estimates marginal increase in malnutrition for children ages 1-3 years from exposure to an extreme shock in the West African Sahel. The study uses knowledge of a child's birth and high resolution spatial and temporal distribution o...

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Main Authors:	Alfani, Federica, Dabalen, Andrew, Fisker, Peter, Molini, Vasco
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AVERAGE RAINFALL BABIES CALCULATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CLIMATE CLIMATE INDICATORS CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLOUD COVER CONFLICT DEFORESTATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIETARY DIVERSITY DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT DRY SEASON EARLY CHILDHOOD EGS ELECTRICITY EPIDEMIC EXTREME TEMPERATURES FAMINE FLOODS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL PRECIPITATION GLUCOSE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH RISKS HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL ILLNESS IMPACT OF RAINFALL IMPACT OF SHOCKS INCOME INCOME SHOCK INSURANCE IRRIGATION LAND SURFACE LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY LIVESTOCK ASSETS LIVESTOCK LOSSES MALNUTRITION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRIENTS NUTRITION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL NEEDS PANDEMIC PLANT GROWTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS RADIATION RADIO RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL LEVELS RAINY SEASON REGIONAL AVERAGE REGIONAL STUDIES RICE PRODUCTION RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL POPULATION RURAL SETTINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SON PREFERENCE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PATTERNS SURFACE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURES TEMPORAL RESOLUTION TOLERANCE TV URBAN AREAS VAM VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WINTER MONTHS YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23847660/vulnerability-malnutrition-west-african-sahel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21388

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Summary:	This study estimates marginal increase in malnutrition for children ages 1-3 years from exposure to an extreme shock in the West African Sahel. The study uses knowledge of a child's birth and high resolution spatial and temporal distribution of shocks, calculated from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and satellite-based measures of rainfall and temperature to link a child to the shock experienced in-utero. The study finds that while around 20 percent of the children in the sample are stunted or underweight, more than 30 percent of the children in the sample are highly vulnerable to either form of malnutrition.