Big numbers about small children: Estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition

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dc.creatorAlderman, Harold
dc.creatorBehrman, Jere R.
dc.creatorPuett, Chloe
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:54Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:01:00Z
dc.descriptionDifferent approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are ultimately based on evidence from well-designed efficacy trials, all require a number of assumptions to project the impact of such trials to larger populations and to translate the value of the expected improvement in nutritional status into economic terms. This paper provides a short critique of some approaches to estimating the benefits of investments in child nutrition and then presents an alternative set of estimates based on different core data. These new estimates reinforce the basic conclusions of the existing literature: the economic value of reducing undernutrition in undernourished populations is likely to be substantial.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146390
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92137
dc.languageen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.sourceAlderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; and Puett, Chloe. Big numbers about small children: Estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition. The World Bank Research Observer 32 (1): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkw003
dc.subjectundernutrition
dc.subjectnutrition policies
dc.subjectfood policies
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectcost analysis
dc.titleBig numbers about small children: Estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition
dc.typeJournal Article

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