Saturday, April 19 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Napoleon A1

Session 143:
Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and Program Evaluations

Chair: Elizabeth M. King, World Bank Group
Discussant: Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, Cornell University

  1. Educational and Health Impact of Two School Feeding Schemes in Burkina Faso • Damien de Walque, World Bank Group ; Harounan Kazianga, World Bank Group ; Harold Alderman, World Bank Group

  2. Determinants of Child Malnutrition in Senegal: Individual, Household, Community Variables, and their Interaction • Abdoulaye Ka, Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM)

  3. Improving Nutritional Status through Behavioral Change: Lessons from Madagascar • Emanuela Galasso, World Bank Group ; Nithin Umapathi, University College London

  4. Does Economic Growth Improve Child Health?: Understanding Discordant Trends in Malnutrition Indicators during the Economic Growth in Ghana • Jemima A. Frimpong, University of Pennsylvania

Other sessions on Children, including Child Health, Youth and Parenting