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. 2017 Summer;35(5):621-643.
doi: 10.1111/dpr.12255. Epub 2017 Apr 18.

Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Pathways and Impacts

Richard de Groot  1 , Tia Palermo  1 , Sudhanshu Handa  1   2 , Luigi Peter Ragno  3 , Amber Peterman  1
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Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Pathways and Impacts

Richard de Groot et al. Dev Policy Rev. 2017 Summer.

Abstract

Childhood malnutrition remains a significant global problem, with an estimated 162 million children under the age of five suffering from stunted growth. This article examines the extent to which cash transfer programmes can improve child nutrition. It adopts a framework that captures and explains the pathways and determinants of child nutrition. The framework is then used to organize and discuss relevant evidence from the impact evaluation literature, focusing on impact pathways and new and emerging findings from sub-Saharan Africa to identify critical elements that determine child nutrition outcomes as well as knowledge gaps requiring further research, such as children's dietary diversity, caregiver behaviours and stress.

Keywords: cash transfers; health; nutrition; sub-Saharan Africa.

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Conceptual framework of the determinants that affect child nutritional status Source: Authors’ adaptation from Smith and Haddad (2002)
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