Monsoon Babies : Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal

Monsoon Babies : Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal

Do household consumption-smoothing strategies in poor countries entail significant long-run costs in terms of reduced human capital? This paper exploits the timing of monsoon rainfall shocks and the seasonal nature of agriculture to isolate income...

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Main Authors: Tiwari, Sailesh, Jacoby, Hanan G., Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
CHANNEL
CHANNELS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESS RAINFALL
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
GLOBAL WARMING
HYDROLOGY
IMPACT OF RAINFALL
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
METEOROLOGY
MONSOON
MONSOONS
NUTRIENTS
POTABLE WATER
PRECIPITATION
PURCHASING POWER
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL DATA
RAINFALL EFFECTS
RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SEASON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPORAL VARIATION
WAGES
WATER QUALITY
WATER SOURCES
WEATHER
WEATHER STATIONS
WELLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17499922/monsoon-babies-rainfall-shocks-child-nutrition-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13175

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17499922/monsoon-babies-rainfall-shocks-child-nutrition-nepal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13175

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