This paper examines the continuing effects of COVID-19 and exposure to weather extremes on income, dietary, and migration outcomes in the rural area of Guatemala.
India accounts for a large proportion of the global prevalence of maternal and child undernutrition, and recent trends have renewed the call for large-scale concerted efforts to improve outcomes.
Agricultural commercialization, or the transition from growing crops for home consumption to growing some or all crops for sale, enables farmers to earn cash income that they can use to buy food in markets.
Understanding the public health implications of food policies is crucial to combat recently increasing overweight and obesity rates in many low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).
Experimental evidence shows interventions that reduce aflatoxin exposure can be cost-effective based on averted poisoning deaths and cancer cases alone; impacts on stunting imply additional health benefits.
Oshida and Haryana States experienced different challenges during India's lockdown due to existing structural differences and state-specific COVID-related policies.
Remote areas are often characterized by lower welfare outcomes due to economic disadvantages and higher transaction costs for trade. But their poorer situation may also be linked to worse public service delivery.
Emerging evidence supports the intuitive link between chronic health conditions associated with air pollution and the vulnerability of individuals and communities to COVID-19.
In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades.
A look beyond the identity of household decisionmakers to the rationale behind who makes decisions and whether that rationale factors in household outcomes.
The Impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda.
Do impacts of health insurance depend on households' access to informal insurance, as proxied for by mobile money usage in Kenya?
The association between household conservatism and female well-being indicators, by considering the dimension of employment, decision-making autonomy and body mass (nutrition).
Addresses validity concerns on impacts of parental education on child nutrition
Studies the impact of caregivers' nutrition knowledge and its complementarity with market access.
Promoting orange sweet potatoes reduces diarrhea