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    Ensuring the rights of indigenous children

    UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2003
    This paper discusses the rights of indigenous children.
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    Food aid and child nutrition in rural Ethiopia

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
    This paper uses a unique panel data set from Ethiopia to examine the determinants of participation in and receipts of food aid through free distribution (FD) and food-for-work (FFW).
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    Genetic endowments, parental and child health in rural Ethiopia

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2003
    This paper examines the determinants of child health in rural Ethiopia for the period 1994-97 using height-for-age z-scores as measures of long-term health.The panel nature of the data helps to control for community, household and individual level heterogeneity. Unlike most previous studies, the influence of parental health on children is examined.
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    Long term consequences of early childhood malnutrition

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
    This paper explores the long-term consequences of shocks on children’s health and education using longitudinal data from rural Zimbabwe.
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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Andhra Pradesh, India

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Peru

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    Young Lives preliminary country report: Ethiopia

    Young Lives, 2003
    Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it.
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    The Flynn effect in rural Kenya

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    Multiple studies have documented significant IQ gains over time, labelled the “Flynn Effect”. This study documents the Flynn Effect in a rural area of a developing country. Data for this project were collected as part of two large studies in Embu, Kenya in 1984 and 1998.Results strongly support a Flynn Effect over this 14-year period. Previously hypothesised explanations (e.g.
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    Changes in dietary quality for school children in Kenyan villages

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    This paper compares the results of two nutrition studies carried out during the 1980s amongst children in Kenya. The aim is to compare the nutrient intakes and energy levels. Nutrient intakes of school children in the Embu District were measured cross-sectionally in 1984-85 as part of the Nutrition CRSP, and again in 1998 as part of the Child Nutrition Project.
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    Statistical methods for the Kenya feeding intervention trial

    Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
    The purpose of this brief is to outline the statistical methods used to analyse and interpret the Kenya Feeding Intervention Trial (KenFIT); a randomised controlled feeding intervention study to test if there was a causal relationship between the intake of animal source foods, both of meat and of milk and micronutrient status, cognitive function, behaviour and physical activity, physical growth, a

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