Over the past decades, child malnutrition in Ethiopia has persisted at alarmingly high rates. By applying the conditional nutrition demand approach to household data from three consecutive welfare monitoring surveys over the period 1996-1998, this study identifies household resources, parental education, food prices, and maternal nutritional knowledge as key determinants of growth faltering in Ethiopia. Income growth is important for alleviating child...
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2001/10/31
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Document de travail (série numérotée)
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23107
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2010/07/01
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Child malnutrition in Ethiopia : can material knowledge augment the role of income
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Poverty Reduction and Social Development Unit