Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia

In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997–1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program expos...

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Main Authors:	Giles, John, Satriawan, Elan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Subjects:	Nutritional interventions Program evaluation Poverty Financial crises
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21417

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spelling	okr-10986-214172021-04-23T14:04:02Z Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia Giles, John Satriawan, Elan Nutritional interventions Program evaluation Poverty Financial crises In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997–1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program exposure to evaluate the impact of the program on children aged 6 to 60 months. By examining differences in nutritional status of treated younger children and a placebo group of older children, the analysis finds that the program improved the nutritional status of treated children, and most significantly, led to 7 and 15% declines in rates of moderate and severe stunting, respectively, for children aged 12 to 24 months who were exposed to the program for at least 12 months over two years. 2015-02-09T19:33:53Z 2015-02-09T19:33:53Z 2014-12-13 Journal Article Journal of Development Economics 0304-3878 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21417 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Indonesia
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description	In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997–1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program exposure to evaluate the impact of the program on children aged 6 to 60 months. By examining differences in nutritional status of treated younger children and a placebo group of older children, the analysis finds that the program improved the nutritional status of treated children, and most significantly, led to 7 and 15% declines in rates of moderate and severe stunting, respectively, for children aged 12 to 24 months who were exposed to the program for at least 12 months over two years.
format	Journal Article
author	Giles, John Satriawan, Elan
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title	Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
title_short	Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
title_full	Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
title_fullStr	Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia
title_sort	protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis : evidence from indonesia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21417
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Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia

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