This paper investigates the impact of aggregate income shocks on infant mortality in India
and investigates likely mechanisms. A recent OECD-dominated literature reports the …

This paper examines the trends and patterns of economic inequalities with respect to child
malnutrition by wealth status of population across major regions and states of India. Data …

The article maps urban poverty, using thelivelihoods assets framework'to develop a new
index of multiple deprivation, examining the implications for area and sector targeting by …

There are severe inequalities in health in the world, poor health being concentrated
amongst poor people in poor countries. Poor countries spend a much smaller share of …

This study uses the second National Family Health Survey of India to estimate the effect of
state‐level public health spending on mortality across all age groups, controlling for …

Levels of child malnutrition in India have fallen only slowly during the 1990s, despite
significant economic growth and considerable expenditure on the Integrated Child …

This article reviews the evidence on the rate of economic growth and reduction in
malnutrition and shows that, while economic growth clearly translates into improved …

Black et al. 2008; Bryce et al. 2008; Morris et al. 2008; Victora et al. 2008). This body of work
represents the collective effort of many of the leaders of the nutrition scientific community …

Abstract In September 2013, India passed a historic National Food Security Act. This paper
examines the potential impact of the two central pillars of this act-expansion of the Public …

Almost half of India's children are stunted, endangering their life and human capital
formation significantly. India's only national program for combating widespread child …