Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 201...

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Main Authors: Raju, Dhushyanth, Kim, Kyoung Yang, Nguyen, Quynh T., Govindaraj, Ramesh
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
MALNUTRITION
STUNTING
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
URBAN SLUMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337341496935308035/Cities-slums-and-early-child-growth-empirical-evidence-from-Bangladesh
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spelling okr-10986-272942021-06-08T14:42:47Z Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh Raju, Dhushyanth Kim, Kyoung Yang Nguyen, Quynh T. Govindaraj, Ramesh MALNUTRITION STUNTING EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT URBAN SLUMS This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 2013. The study also decomposes the difference in mean child growth between slum and nonslum areas in 2013, and the increase in mean child growth in slum and nonslum areas from 2006 to 2013. Mother's education attainment and household wealth largely explain the cross-sectional difference and intertemporal change in child growth. Although positive in some cases, the effects of maternal and child health services, and potential health-protective household amenities, differ by the type of health facility, household amenity, and urban area. The results suggest that a focus on nutrition-sensitive programs for slum residents and the urban poor is appropriate. 2017-06-21T17:23:00Z 2017-06-21T17:23:00Z 2017-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337341496935308035/Cities-slums-and-early-child-growth-empirical-evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27294 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8094 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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topic MALNUTRITION
STUNTING
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
URBAN SLUMS
spellingShingle MALNUTRITION
STUNTING
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
URBAN SLUMS
Raju, Dhushyanth
Kim, Kyoung Yang
Nguyen, Quynh T.
Govindaraj, Ramesh
Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8094
description This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 2013. The study also decomposes the difference in mean child growth between slum and nonslum areas in 2013, and the increase in mean child growth in slum and nonslum areas from 2006 to 2013. Mother's education attainment and household wealth largely explain the cross-sectional difference and intertemporal change in child growth. Although positive in some cases, the effects of maternal and child health services, and potential health-protective household amenities, differ by the type of health facility, household amenity, and urban area. The results suggest that a focus on nutrition-sensitive programs for slum residents and the urban poor is appropriate.
format Working Paper
author Raju, Dhushyanth
Kim, Kyoung Yang
Nguyen, Quynh T.
Govindaraj, Ramesh
author_facet Raju, Dhushyanth
Kim, Kyoung Yang
Nguyen, Quynh T.
Govindaraj, Ramesh
author_sort Raju, Dhushyanth
title Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
title_short Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
title_fullStr Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
title_sort cities, slums, and early child growth : empirical evidence from bangladesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337341496935308035/Cities-slums-and-early-child-growth-empirical-evidence-from-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27294
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