Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s

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dc.creatorGlewwe, Paul
dc.creatorKoch, Stefanie
dc.creatorNguyen, Bui Linh
dc.date2013-09-09T20:37:24Z
dc.date2013-09-09T20:37:24Z
dc.date2002-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:35:46Z
dc.descriptionVietnam's rapid economic growth in the 1990s greatly increased the incomes of Vietnamese households, which led to a dramatic decline in poverty. Over the same period, child malnutrition rates in Vietnam, as measured by low height for age in children under 5, fell from 50 percent in 1992-93 to 34 percent in 1997-98. Disparities exist, however, between different regions, urban and rural areas, ethnicities, and income quintiles. This dramatic improvement in child nutrition during a time of high economic growth suggests that the nutritional improvements are due to higher household incomes. The authors investigate whether this causal hypothesis is true by estimating the impact of household income growth on children's nutritional status in Vietnam. Different estimation methods applied to the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey data find that growth in household expenditures accounts for only a small proportion of the improvements in children's nutritional status. The authors use data on local health facilities to investigate the role that they may have played in raising children's nutritional status in Vietnam.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703254/child-nutrition-economic-growth-provision-health-care-services-vietnam-1990s
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15737
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-2776
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406941
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2776
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNT
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD DISEASES
dc.subjectCHILDREN UNDER AGE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subjectFATHERS
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS SURVEYS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION RATES
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPHYSICAL GROWTH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRENATAL CARE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectSTUNTED CHILDREN
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWASTING
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN CHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE DELIVERY
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
dc.titleChild Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s

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