Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition

Different approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are ultimately based on evidence from well-designed efficacy trials, all require a number of assumpt...

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Main Authors:	Alderman, Harold, Behrman, Jere R., Puett, Chloe
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2018
Subjects:	MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CLINICS PUBLIC HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE MORTALITY DISASTERS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30141

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spelling	okr-10986-301412021-05-25T10:54:40Z Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition Alderman, Harold Behrman, Jere R. Puett, Chloe MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CLINICS PUBLIC HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE MORTALITY DISASTERS Different approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are ultimately based on evidence from well-designed efficacy trials, all require a number of assumptions to project the impact of such trials to larger populations and to translate the value of the expected improvement in nutritional status into economic terms. This paper provides a short critique of some approaches to estimating the benefits of investments in child nutrition and then presents an alternative set of estimates based on different core data. These new estimates reinforce the basic conclusions of the existing literature: the economic value of reducing undernutrition in undernourished populations is likely to be substantial. 2018-08-06T16:02:24Z 2018-08-06T16:02:24Z 2017-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30141 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CLINICS PUBLIC HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE MORTALITY DISASTERS Alderman, Harold Behrman, Jere R. Puett, Chloe Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
description	Different approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are ultimately based on evidence from well-designed efficacy trials, all require a number of assumptions to project the impact of such trials to larger populations and to translate the value of the expected improvement in nutritional status into economic terms. This paper provides a short critique of some approaches to estimating the benefits of investments in child nutrition and then presents an alternative set of estimates based on different core data. These new estimates reinforce the basic conclusions of the existing literature: the economic value of reducing undernutrition in undernourished populations is likely to be substantial.
format	Journal Article
author	Alderman, Harold Behrman, Jere R. Puett, Chloe
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title	Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
title_short	Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
title_full	Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
title_fullStr	Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
title_full_unstemmed	Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition
title_sort	big numbers about small children : estimating the economic benefits of addressing undernutrition
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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Big Numbers about Small Children : Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition

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