Does Economic Growth Reduce Childhood Undernutrition in Ethiopia?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policy discussions and debates in the last couple of decades emphasized efficiency of development policies for translating economic growth to development. One of the key aspects in this regard in the developing world is achieving improved nutrition through economic development. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of literature that empirically verifies the association between economic growth and reduction of childhood undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries. Thus, the aim of the study is to assess the interplay between economic growth and reduction of childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia.

Methods

The study used pooled data of three rounds (2000, 2005 and 2010) from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of Ethiopia. A multilevel mixed logistic regression m

SUBMITTER: Biadgilign S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4979960 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature