first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large … tested in a developing country context, and which focus on children as the primary target population. Overall, we find that …

A substantial share of the world's children reside in disaster-prone areas and suffer from stunted growth. Child growth … and catch-up in children exposed to comparable earthquakes in utero. Our analysis leverages within cluster or mother … document modest adverse effects on children's height that are more pronounced when earthquakes are more unexpected and higher …

reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting …,604 children under the age of 5. To identify the effect of aid, we rely on spatial and temporal variation in aid project coverage … already for children born in the early project implementation phase and lasts for children born up to 3 years after project …

future at a higher rate and invest less in the human capital of their children than mentally healthy or rich individuals …

This paper studies the impact of climate change on the nutritional status of very young children between the ages of 0 …-linear forms, we find that extreme heat and humidity in the month of birth exert significant negative effects on children …

contributes to overnutrition among adults, while reducing undernutrition among children. For farm households, supplying …