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 …

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 …

Existing evidence on the impacts of parental education on child nutrition is plagued by both
internal and external validity concerns. In this paper we try to address these concerns …

The aim of this research is to examine the degree of the influence of infrastructure on
national competitiveness. Through an effectiveness of infrastructure management can …

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

Calderon and Serven provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure
development on economic growth and income distribution using a large panel data set …

While most countries are committed to increasing access to safe water and thereby reducing
child mortality, there is little consensus on how to actually improve water services. One …

This paper examines the patterns and determinants of maternal health care utilization
across different social settings in south India: in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka …

Many studies have demonstrated that parental education has a significant positive impact on
child health. This paper attempts to identify the mechanisms through which maternal …

Background: Most existing research on the association of parental education with childhood
undernutrition focuses on maternal education and often ignores paternal education. We …