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

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

Vietnam'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 ch...

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Main Authors:	Glewwe, Paul, Koch, Stefanie, Nguyen, Bui Linh
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNT AGED CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD DISEASES CHILDREN UNDER AGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE DATA FATHERS GIRLS HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE INCOME LEVEL INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS SURVEYS MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MEDICINES MIGRATION MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PHYSICAL GROWTH POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POVERTY REDUCTION PRENATAL CARE PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SANITATION SIBLINGS STANDARD ERRORS STUNTED CHILDREN STUNTING URBAN AREAS WASTING YOUNG CHILDREN CHILD NUTRITION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH CARE DELIVERY REGIONAL DISPARITY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703254/child-nutrition-economic-growth-provision-health-care-services-vietnam-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15737

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703254/child-nutrition-economic-growth-provision-health-care-services-vietnam-1990s
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15737