This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present
a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after …

Over the past 20 years, investment in human resources has taken center stage in the study
of developing economies. A voluminous set of wage function estimates provides the basis …

This report is FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies,
nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections …

This paper examines the impact of pre-school malnutrition on subsequent human capital
formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects—instrumental variables (MFE-IV) …

The connections between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD) form two
chains. Crosscountry regressions show a significant relationship in both directions, with …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews recent advances in the empirical literature on the
role that households and families play in investing in human resources. It describes the …

The purpose of this study is to provide industry practitioners with a better understanding of
the impacts of high-temperature conditions on construction labor productivity. Such …

Publisher Summary The structure, efficiency, and growth of production affect (and are
affected by) the distribution of consumption. Poverty analysis has three tasks:(1) to define …

Malnutrition—in the form of insufficient energy intakes—affects millions of people worldwide
and the negative impact of this kind of hunger is well acknowledged, not least by …

Publisher Summary Health and nutrition are important as ends in themselves and often are
emphasized as critical components of basic needs in developing countries. Cross-country …