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The economic lives of young women in the time of Ebola: Lessons from an empowerment program

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Africa gender innovation lab Bandiera, O., Buehren, N., Goldstein, M., Rasul, I., Smurra, A. 2018-12-1
Report on an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive ...
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The economics of child marriage

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Berkley Economic Review Berkley Economic Review 2018-10-8
Article on child marriage and how it disproportionately affects girls; it is a leading cause of school dropouts for adolescent girls. Every year of marriage before 18 reduces the likelihood of completion of secondary school by 4 to 6 percentage ...
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The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2018: Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition

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FAO FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, WHO 2018-9-11
FAO State of the World series Flagship Report 2018 including chapters on the state of food security and nutrition around the world and on the impact of climate on food security and nutrition. Climate variability and extremes – even without ...
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The more gender equity, the less child poverty? A multilevel analysis of malnutrition and health deprivation in 49 low- and middle -income countries

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World development Ekbrand, H., Hallerod, B. 2018-8-1
Article on a study assessing children being exposed to health deprivation and to severe forms of food deprivation in countries where there is a high degree of gender equity. A combination of country-level data and micro-level survey data, made it ...
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The timing of growth faltering has important implications for observational analyses of the underlying determinants of nutrition outcomes

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Plos One Alderman, H., Headey, D. 2018-4-25
Article on growth faltering which tested the prediction that the associations between child anthropometric outcomes and various socioeconomic conditions are systematically different for older and younger children. Data for 699.421 children aged 0-59 months were analyzed, drawn from 125 DHS ...
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Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

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2023-01-24
Press release on the launch and key messages of the fifth annual Asia-Pacific regional SOFI report. The report’s highlights capture the challenges and system-level determinants of unhealthy diets in urban areas, both regarding undernutrition and overweight. It presents, among others, data on food security and affordability and the state of progress on achieving the global nutrition targets. The findings profile various urban environments, interventions, experiences, and opportunities to innovate at multiple levels to transform urban areas into sustainable cities. A link to the report's virtual launch event is available including the recording, key messages, and full report. View Source

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diets, nutrition services & nutrition practices in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR): Evidence from remote surveys

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2023-01-01
Report on the impact of the COVID pandemic on diets, services, and practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The report presents findings from remote surveys in six ESAR countries with data on breastfeeding, diet diversity, food consumption and insecurity, drivers of dietary changes, and disruptions to nutrition services. The survey provides important learning for the future use of remote methods for collecting nutrition data. Technical brief, pull report, and six country briefs are available. View Source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

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2022-04-20
Article on the impact of severe negative economic shock on child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 mortality. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child wasting. This study explores the nutritional impacts of economic growth shocks over 1990–2018 by linking wasting outcomes collected for 1.256 million children from 52 countries to lagged annual changes in economic growth. Estimates suggest that a 10% annual decline in national income increases moderate/severe wasting prevalence by 14.4–17.8%. An exploration of possible mechanisms suggests negative economic shocks may increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children. Applying these results to the latest economic growth estimates for 2020 suggests that COVID-19 could put an additional 9.4 million preschoolers at risk of wasting, net of the effects of preventative policy actions. View Source