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    Does better nutrition improve academic achievement? Yes

    World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin, 1997
    And it must start in infancy. Better-nourished children perform better in school than less well-nourished children, partly because they enter school earlier and have more time to learn and partly because they learn more productively
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    Empowering the rural disabled in Asia and the Pacific

    People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1997
    Asia and Pacific countries have designated 1993-2002 the "Decade for the Disabled" - ten years to raise awareness of the problems of millions of disabled men, women and children. Report is based on papers presented at a recent FAO Round Table on the Integration of Disabled People in Agricultural and Agro-industry Systems, held in Bangkok.
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    Through a gender lens: Resources for Population, Health and Nutrition Projects

    Family Health International, 1998
    Reviews existing models and methodologies for incorporating a gender perspective into U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) development initiatives.
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    In sickness and in health... : risk-sharing within households in rural Ethiopia

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1997
    To investigate risk-sharing within the household, we model nutritional status as a durable good and we look at the consequences of individual health shocks. For household allocation to be pareto-efficient, households should pool shocks to income. We also investigate whether households can smooth nutritional levels over time.
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    'The rich are just like us only richer?: poverty functions or consumption functions?

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995
    The concept of a poverty function is introduced, modelling the shortfall of household consumption from the poverty line as a function of reduced form determinants such as human capital and land holdings. The model is estimated using a tobit and data from Uganda.
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    Class Action: Improving School Performance in the Developing World Through Better Health and Nutrition

    Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999
    The success of survival programs for children under 5 in the developing world has created new challenges for improving the quality of life for the survivors: those who reach school age. Class Action summarizes how better nutrition and health for youths will enhance school, performance, productivity, and the health of future generations. [author]
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    Design, Content and Financing of an Essential National Package of Health Services

    Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1993
    A minimum package of public health and clinical interventions, which are highly cost-effective and deal with major sources of disease burden, could be provided in low-income countries for about $ 12 per person per year, and in middle-income countries for about $ 22.
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    To Nourish a Nation: Investing in Nutrition with World Bank Assistance

    Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999
    The challenges of development require a strong human resource base - a workforce that is physically strong, mentally alert, and healthy. But malnutrition robs a country of these resources, preventing entire communities from participating fully in development.
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    Welfare in transition: trends in poverty and well-being in Central Asia

    Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, 1999
    Examines the impact of the transition from a planned to a market economy on living standards and welfare in the five Republics of former Soviet Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, along with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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    Infant and Child Feeding Indicators Measurement Guide

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 1999
    This guide is designed to assist Cooperating Sponsors and USAID in monitoring and evaluating maternal and child health (MCH)/child nutrition activities funded under USAID's PL 480 Title II Food Aid program. The goal of these activities is to improve the nutritional status and the general well-being of infants and children. One measure of success is a reduction of stunted and underweight children.

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