Most of the evidence presented in this book about changes in the agricultural sector draws on secondary data and nationally representative household surveys like the GLSS.
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The chapter addresses three broad questions. First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes?
Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation
This chapter has shown that Ghana’s reputation for upholding political rights and civil liberties since the country’s democratic transition in 1992 is well deserved.
Chapter 2 shows that the predominant source of labor productivity growth in Ghana has come from productivity increases within sectors, with the agricultural sector showing a particularly strong performance.
Using Ghana as a case study, this book explores the challenges and opportunities of Africa’s transformation through an integrated economic and political analysis.
Nutrient composition and mycotoxin contamination of commercially sold premixed cereals for complementary feeding of infants in Malawi: Test results for 94 samples of 8 brands (P11-079-19)
High quality fortified premixed cereals can help caregivers meet infants’ nutrient needs after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding, as complementary foods alongside breastmilk especially where family foods have low nutrient density.
Maternal nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh, India: Role of key influential demand and supply factors (P11-002-19)
Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.
Stories of change: How Rwanda created an enabling environment for reducing malnutrition (P22-011-19)
Eliminating malnutrition is on many countries’ political agendas but knowledge of how enabling environments are created and used is needed.
The evolution of growth faltering in 37 developing countries: A spline-regression approach (OR10-08-19)
Childhood height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) have been improving in many countries over the last few decades.
Nutritional, social, and environmental predictors of scholastic and psychosocial outcomes in school-going Indian adolescents: Findings from the UDAYA study (OR32-07-19)
Adolescent wellbeing is now recognized as critical to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty and malnutrition.
Vegetarianism and child growth: Within-district evidence from the 2015-2016 Indian national family health survey (P10-032-19)
Most research on stunting in India ignores the role of diets, including the unusually high prevalence of lacto-vegetarianism (LVG).
Young mom, short kid: Examining social, biological and health and nutrition service factors linking adolescent pregnancy to early childhood undernutrition in India (P10-011-19)
Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health concern and one in five adolescents live in India, where early marriage is widely practiced.
Examining the exposure, timing, and frequency of interpersonal communication contacts to improve infant and young child feeding in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam (P10-138-19)
In the context of large-scale interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, we examined differences in characteristics of those exposed and not exposed to interventions; exposure to interpersonal communication (IPC), in
Urbanization and the double burden: Trends and inequalities in under- and over-nutrition by residence and wealth among 1.22 million Indian children, women and men over 10 years (P10-078-19)
We examined trends and inequities in the double burden of malnutrition among girls, boys, women and men by residence and wealth between 2006 and 2016 in India where 590 million individuals are expected to live in cities by 2030.
Women's stated preferences for conditional cash transfer programs focused on maternal and child health and nutrition in India (P22-012-19)
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are important national strategies to improve maternal and child health and nutrition.
Double burden of malnutrition: The role of framing in development of political priority in the context of rising diet-related non-communicable diseases in Tamil Nadu, India (P22-005-19)
In low- and middle-income countries, non-communicable disease (NCD) prevalence is increasing while undernutrition persists, resulting in a double-burden of malnutrition.
The timing of growth faltering in India has changed significantly over 1992-2016, with variations in prenatal and postnatal improvement (P10-005-19)
India accounts for a third of the global population of stunted preschoolers. However, very few studies have documented the timing of growth faltering in India, its evolution over time, or its variation over India's diverse regions.
Trends and determinants of low body mass index (BMI) among 750,000 adolescents and women of reproductive age in India (P10-086-19)
Low BMI among women and girls has implications for their health and that of the next generation. Yet, little is known about the determinants of low BMI despite the known high burden of undernutrition in India.
Life beyond the home: Nutritional, occupational, social and environmental predictors of common mental disorders among Indian mothers with 6- to 23-month-old infants (P11-026-19)
The mental wellbeing of mothers with young children has been shown to positively affect child development.