Agricultural trade policies and child nutrition in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-national analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been growing interest in understanding the role of agricultural trade policies in diet and nutrition. This cross-country study examines associations between government policies on agricultural trade prices and child nutrition outcomes, particularly undernutrition.

Methods

This study links panel data on government distortions to agricultural incentives to data from 212,258 children aged 6 to 35 months participating in Demographic and Health Surveys from 22 countries between 1991 and 2010. Country fixed-effects regression models were used to examine the association between within-country changes in nominal rates of assistance to tradable agriculture (government price distortions as a percentage of original prices) and child nutritional outcomes (height-for

SUBMITTER: Adjaye-Gbewonyo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420724 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature