3,468 research outputs found
Food security and health security : explaining the levels of nutrition in Pakistan
Full text linkMost influential studies of malnutrition and public policy have focused on energy availability and consumption, tending to equate hunger with malnutrition. But recent studies have explored how other factors - notably infection and levels of maternal education - affect nutrition. Alderman and Garcia's study of nutrition levels in Pakistan shows that raising household food consumption, for example, has less impact on nutritional levels than raising a mother's education does. They found that educating mothers to at least the primary level tends to reduce the level of child stunting 16.5 percent, or roughly 10 times the impact achieved by increasing per capita income 10 percent. (The impact of education is not immediately realized; the diffusion of knowledge about good hygiene and child care associated with learning has a cumulative effect.) Alderman and Garcia found that in Pakistan, food security alone is not enough to improve children's nutritional status. There may be welfare justifications for various food policies, but in rural Pakistan, especially, it is equally important to improve health and reduce infection.Health Economics&Finance,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Early Child and Children's Health,Environmental Economics&Policies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems
No Small Matter : The Impact of Poverty, Shocks, and Human Capital Investments in Early Childhood Development
No full textThe relative lack of attention to early
childhood development in many developing countries remains a
puzzle, and an opportunity. There is increasing evidence
that investments in the nutritional, cognitive, and
socio-emotional development of young children have high
payoffs. Researchers and development practitioners are
building on this evidence to raise the topic's profile
and bring it to the attention of decision makers. This
volume is an important contribution to these efforts. It
thoroughly and carefully reviews the most recent empirical
literature linking early childhood development outcomes,
poverty, and shocks. In doing so, it brings an added
perspective to the debate and makes the case that
investments in the first years of life have the potential to
be a critical component of poverty reduction strategies. The
volume also goes beyond simply documenting the consequences
of insufficient or inadequate focus on early childhood and
identifies the range of policy options available to policy
makers. The Human Development Perspectives series seeks to
present thorough research findings on issues of critical
strategic importance for developing countries. At its core
is the perspective that investments in human capital are an
essential aspect of efforts to promote global development
and eradicate poverty. This volume makes it convincingly
clear that investing in and protecting the human capital of
young children is no small matter
Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Crisis: What we know and what we still need to know
No full textHarold Alderman June 17 2008, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C
School Feeding Programs: Evidence and Policy Lessons
No full textHarold Alderman (World Bank) 1st September 2009, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C
Small children but big numbers: Estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition
No full textHarold Alderman IFPRI-FAO conference, "Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition" November 28–30, 2018 Bangkok, Thailan
Two Dimensions of Growth: Biology and Economics
No full textHarold Alderman MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Two Dimensions of Growth: Biology and Economics JUN 27, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM ED
The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers
No full textHarold Alderman BOOK LAUNCH The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers? NOV 20, 2017 - 12:15 PM TO 01:30 PM ES
Impact of SPIR-1 on Nutrition
No full textHarold Alderman REGIONAL WORKSHOP SPIR II Learning Event Co-organized by IFPRI, USAID, CARE, ORDA, and World Vision MAY 16, 2023 - 9:00AM TO MAY 17, 2023 - 5:00PM EA
Setting the stage: Evolution of the PSNP
No full textHarold Alderman REGIONAL WORKSHOP SPIR II Learning Event Co-organized by IFPRI, USAID, CARE, ORDA, and World Vision MAY 16, 2023 - 9:00AM TO MAY 17, 2023 - 5:00PM EA
Intercommodity price transmittal : analysis offood markets in Ghana
Full text linkThis report expands on a dynamic model of market integration to investigate how information is transmitted across commodities. The author investigates one property of an efficient market : the full use of available information. Studies of spatial price integration simultaneously looks at the flow of information and commodities. The author investigates the flow of information within a single spatial market and the relationship between prices in spatially separate markets. He studies intercommodity price transmittal from two perspectives. First, he asks whether the government can concentrate on a single commodity price, yet achieve policy objectives in a broader arena. This is important in Ghana because no single commodity dominates consumers'food budgets. The author finds that price movements for the main cereal consumed in the country (maize) are fully transmitted to other regions. Second, he investigates the working of commodity markets in developing countries. He notes imperfections in the way markets process information. There are several possible explanations for this market inefficiency. Traders may set prices for other coarse grains in response to information about maize prices. Another possibility is that some traders may not deal in all grains and thus have different costs of acquiring information. In short the author's dynamic model of price integration indicates functional efficiency in Ghana.Access to Markets,Markets and Market Access,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Agricultural Research
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