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A Unified Structural Equation Modelling Approach for the Decomposition of Rank-Dependent Indicators of Socioeconomic Inequality of HealthWe present a unified structural equation modelling framework for the regression-based decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health and compare it with a simple ordinary least squares regression...
Children Econometric models (Economic development) Equality and inequalityWorking Paper
Fast-Food Consumption and Child Body Mass Index in China: Application of an Endogenous Switching Regression ModelThe rapid economic growth experienced within the past two decades in China highly correlates with childhood overweightness. The epidemic has become an issue of grave concern...
Children Econometric models (Economic development) HealthWorking Paper
Impact of Income and Non-Income Shocks on Child Labour: Evidence from a Panel Survey of TanzaniaThis paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child...
Agriculture Children Econometric models (Economic development)Journal Article
Public Provision, Commodity Demand, and Hours of Work: An Empirical AnalysisThe theoretical analysis of optimal commodity taxation is advanced, but there is only limited empirical evidence to guide commodity tax policies...
Children Public goods TaxationBlog
Multidimensional Poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo
25 June 2014 Malokele Nanivazo After a long series of conflicts and apparent macroeconomic mismanagement, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems to be breaking from its thorny history...
Children Government policy (Poor) EducationReport
What Do We Know About Aid as We Approach 2015?The ReCom—Research and Communication on Foreign Aid—programme produced 240 original studies...
Agriculture Children Climate changeWorking Paper
Putting It All Together: Aggregating Impacts of School-Feeding Programmes on Education, Health and Nutrition: Two Proposed MethodologiesSchool-feeding is an important intervention to attract children to school and augment their learning. The benefits of school-feeding cover several domains...
Children Education HealthWorking Paper
First Order Dominance Analysis: Child Wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of CongoThis paper performs a multidimensional first order dominance (FOD) analysis of child wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
Children Poverty measurement Methodology (Poverty)Journal Article
Social Transfer Programmes and School Enrolment in Malawi: A Micro-simulationThis paper investigates the impact of social transfer programmes on school enrolment and child labour in Malawi utilizing a micro-simulation evaluation method...
Children Education Family policyWorking Paper
Education from the Bottom Up: UNICEF’s Education Programme in SomaliaThe failure of the Somali state from 1993 to 2012 represents one of the world’s most profound and prolonged cases of state collapse. Initially, education and other government services came to a standstill...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsBlog
From the Editor’s Desk (October 2013)
31 October 2013 Tony Addison October finds Angle in New York, for our event on ‘Fragility and Aid–What Works?’ at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN...
Agriculture Budget ChildrenBlog
Tackling the Main Causes of Child Mortality in Developing Countries: Evidence from Non-clinical Interventions
30 October 2013 Miguel Niño-Zarazúa Children have been at the centre of recent global efforts to improve well-being conditions in developing countries...
Children Economic development HealthWorking Paper
Social Transfer Programmes and School Enrolment in Malawi: a Micro-SimulationThis paper investigates the impact of social transfer programmes on school enrollment and child labour in Malawi utilizing a micro-simulation evaluation method...
Children Education Labour supplyWorking Paper
A Review of External Assistance and Aid Effectiveness for Maternal and Child Health: Challenges and OpportunitiesThis paper primarily focuses on how global funding has supported interventions that have proven to be successful in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September 2013) 24 September 2013 Tony Addison As Helsinki moves into a crisp sunny autumn, Angle brings you news of two big UNU-WIDER events...
Econometric models (Economic development) Children Climate changeWorking Paper
What Do We Know About Non-Clinical Interventions for Preventable and Treatable Childhood Diseases in Developing Countries?Preventable and treatable childhood diseases, notably acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases are the first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries...
Children Economic development Public health