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 …

communities? Can a policy intervention that vaccinates children during their migration mitigate the impacts? To answer these … rise in the new polio cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Poorer vaccination levels among IDP compared to native children in … host communities are one of the main mechanisms. Implementing a vaccination policy targeting IDP children during their …

Waterborne diseases lead to over 6 billion diarrheal episodes per year, with most of the burden on children in low … health and cognitive skills of Tanzanian children. A 10 percentage point increase in stagnant water increases local diarrhea … incidence rates among children by 30%. Our results also show an immediate reduction in the cognitive abilities of affected …