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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okr-10986-157372021-04-23T14:03:19Z Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s Glewwe, Paul Koch, Stefanie Nguyen, Bui Linh 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 ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MALNUTRITION REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS 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 children under 5, fell from 50 percent in 1992-93 to 34 percent in 1997-98. Disparities exist, however, between different regions, urban and rural areas, ethnicities, and income quintiles. This dramatic improvement in child nutrition during a time of high economic growth suggests that the nutritional improvements are due to higher household incomes. The authors investigate whether this causal hypothesis is true by estimating the impact of household income growth on children's nutritional status in Vietnam. Different estimation methods applied to the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey data find that growth in household expenditures accounts for only a small proportion of the improvements in children's nutritional status. The authors use data on local health facilities to investigate the role that they may have played in raising children's nutritional status in Vietnam. 2013-09-09T20:37:24Z 2013-09-09T20:37:24Z 2002-02 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2776 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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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 ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MALNUTRITION REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS |
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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 ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MALNUTRITION REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS Glewwe, Paul Koch, Stefanie Nguyen, Bui Linh Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
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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 children under 5, fell
from 50 percent in 1992-93 to 34 percent in 1997-98.
Disparities exist, however, between different regions, urban
and rural areas, ethnicities, and income quintiles. This
dramatic improvement in child nutrition during a time of
high economic growth suggests that the nutritional
improvements are due to higher household incomes. The
authors investigate whether this causal hypothesis is true
by estimating the impact of household income growth on
children's nutritional status in Vietnam. Different
estimation methods applied to the 1992-93 and 1997-98
Vietnam Living Standards Survey data find that growth in
household expenditures accounts for only a small proportion
of the improvements in children's nutritional status.
The authors use data on local health facilities to
investigate the role that they may have played in raising
children's nutritional status in Vietnam. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Glewwe, Paul Koch, Stefanie Nguyen, Bui Linh |
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Glewwe, Paul Koch, Stefanie Nguyen, Bui Linh |
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Glewwe, Paul |
| title |
Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
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Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
| title_full |
Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
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Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
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Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam in the 1990s |
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child nutrition, economic growth, and the provision of health care services in vietnam in the 1990s |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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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 |
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