selected publications
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article
- Anemia in Indian Men Predicts Fewer Work Hours and Lower Earnings: Evidence from Nationally Representative Health and Labor Surveys 2020
- Is consanguinity an impediment to child development. Population Studies-a Journal of Demography. 74:139-159. 2020
- Assessing the performance of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) in rural India. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2020
- Assessing poverty alleviation through social protection: School meals and family benefits in a middle-income country. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 23:205-211. 2019
- Progress in reducing child mortality and stunting in India: an application of the Lives Saved Tool.. Health Policy and Planning. 34:667-675. 2019
- The Relative Caloric Prices of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods Differ Systematically across Income Levels and Continents.. Journal of Nutrition. 149:2020-2033. 2019
- A School Meals Program Implemented at Scale in Ghana Increases Height-for-Age during Midchildhood in Girls and in Children from Poor Households: A Cluster Randomized Trial.. Journal of Nutrition. 149:1434-1442. 2019
- India's Integrated Child Development Services programme; equity and extent of coverage in 2006 and 2016.. Bulletin of The World Health Organization. 97:270-282. 2019
- School Feeding Reduces Anemia Prevalence in Adolescent Girls and Other Vulnerable Household Members in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda.. Journal of Nutrition. 149:659-666. 2019
- The Contribution of Increased Equity to the Estimated Social Benefits from a Transfer Program: An Illustration from PROGRESA/Oportunidades. The World Bank Economic Review. 33:1-29. 2019
- Maternal depressive symptoms are negatively associated with child growth and development: Evidence from rural India.. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 14. 2018
- Using a Community-Based Early Childhood Development Center as a Platform to Promote Production and Consumption Diversity Increases Children's Dietary Intake and Reduces Stunting in Malawi: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.. Journal of Nutrition. 148:1587-1597. 2018
- The Impact at Scale of the Ghana School Feeding Programme on Primary School-Age Children's Anthropometry: A Cluster Randomised Trial 2018
- The timing of growth faltering has important implications for observational analyses of the underlying determinants of nutrition outcomes.. PLOS ONE. 13. 2018
- Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence.. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 72:177-178. 2018
- The effect of height on earnings : is stature just a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ? 2017
- Principles behind evaluations of national food and beverage taxes and other regulatory efforts.. Obesity Reviews. 18:1374-1375. 2017
- How Important is Parental Education for Child Nutrition. World Development. 94:448-464. 2017
- Prioritizing research for integrated implementation of early childhood development and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition platforms.. Journal of Global Health. 7:11002-11002. 2017
- Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Improving Human Development Outcomes 2017
- Big Numbers about Small Children: Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition. The World Bank Research Observer. 32:107-125. 2017
- Evidence of impact of interventions on growth and development during early and middle childhood 2017
- Reducing malnutrition through education actions 2017
- School feeding programs in middle childhood and adolescence 2017
- Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions 2017
- A Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Philippines Reduces Severe Stunting.. Journal of Nutrition. 146:1793-1800. 2016
- Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : summary of evidence prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015. Social Science Research Network. 1-55. 2016
- Public and Private Returns to Investing in Nutrition 2016
- Irie Classroom Toolbox: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of a universal violence prevention programme in Jamaican preschools. BMJ Open. 6. 2016
- Conducting Ethical Economic Research 2016
- The contribution of increased equity to the estimated social benefits from a transfer program: An illustration from PROGRESA 2015
- 'Sometimes they fail to keep their faith in us': community health worker perceptions of structural barriers to quality of care and community utilisation of services in Bangladesh.. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 11:1011-1022. 2015
- A Framework for Physical Growth and Child Development 2015
- Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition.. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2:E500-E500. 2014
- Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition Sensitive 2014
- Can transfer programs be made more nutrition sensitive? 2014
- Economic perspectives on integrating early child stimulation with nutritional interventions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1308:129-138. 2014
- How can safety nets contribute to economic growth. The World Bank Economic Review. 28:1-20. 2014
- School feeding programs, intrahousehold allocation and the nutrition of siblings: Evidence from a randomized trial in rural Burkina Faso. Journal of Development Economics. 106:15-34. 2014
- Supplemental feeding during pregnancy compared with maternal supplementation during lactation does not affect schooling and cognitive development through late adolescence. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 99:122-129. 2014
- The nutritional returns to parental education 2014
- Positive returns: cost-benefit analysis of a stunting intervention in Indonesia. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 5:447-465. 2013
- Maternal and child nutrition – Authors' reply. LANCET. 382:1551-1552. 2013
- The Economic Rationale for Investing in Stunting Reduction. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 9:69-82. 2013
- Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?. LANCET. 382:536-551. 2013
- Maternal and child nutrition: building momentum for impact.. The Lancet. 382:372-375. 2013
- Cost-effectiveness of the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in southern Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning. 28:386-399. 2013
- Conducting ethical economic research: complications from the field 2013
- Intervenciones y programas con incidencia nutricional, ¿De qué forma pueden ayudar a acelerar el avance del mejoramiento de la nutrición materno-infantil?. The Lancet. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/3993. 2013
- Quality of care for severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in southern Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition. vol. 9. 2013
- The Impact of Food for Education Programs on School Participation in Northern Uganda. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 61:187-218. 2012
- Does greater workload lead to reduced quality of preventive and curative care among community health workers in Bangladesh?. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 33:273-287. 2012
- Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries. LANCET. 378:1339-1353. 2011
- Tall Claims: Mortality Selection and the Height of Children 2011
- Impact evaluation of school feeding programs in Lao PDR. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 3:1-39. 2011
- Educational and Health Impacts of Two School Feeding Schemes: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso 2009
- Long Term Consequences Of Early Childhood Malnutrition. OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS-NEW SERIES. 58:450-474. 2006
- Reducing the Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Low-Income Countries Has Substantial Economic Benefits. World Bank Research Observer. 21:25-48. 2006
- Food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, new estimates from household expenditure surveys 2006
- Child Growth, Shocks, And Food Aid In Rural Ethiopia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 87:273-288. 2003
- Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition 2003
- Reducing Child Malnutrition: How Far Does Income Growth Take Us?. The World Bank Economic Review. 17:107-131. 2003
- Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? 2002
- Attrition in longitudinal household survey data: some tests for three developing country samples 2001
- Attrition in longitudinal household survey data, some tests for three developing-country samples 2000
- Attrition in Longitudinal Household Survey Data: Some Tests for Three Developing-Country Samples. Demographic Research. 5:79-124. 1999
- Child Nutrition, Child Health, and School Enrollment: A Longitudinal Analysis 1999
- Poverty issues for zero rating VAT in South Africa. Journal of African Economies. 8:182-208. 1999
- The Effect of Food Subsidies on Labor Supply in Sri Lanka. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 45:125-145. 1996
- Gender Differentials in Farm Productivity: Implications For Household Efficiency and Agricultural Policy. Food Policy. 20:407-423. 1995
- Gender differentials in farm productivity, implications for household efficiency and agricultural policy 1995
- UNITARY VERSUS COLLECTIVE MODELS OF THE HOUSEHOLD - IS IT TIME TO SHIFT THE BURDEN OF PROOF. World Bank Research Observer. 10:1-19. 1995
- Unitary versus collective models of the household: is it time to shift the burden of proof? 1995
- Strengthening Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Through Intrahousehold Analysis: An Introduction. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 76:1208-1212. 1994
- FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH SECURITY - EXPLAINING THE LEVELS OF NUTRITIONAL-STATUS IN PAKISTAN. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 42:485-507. 1994
- Food security and health security: explaining the levels of nutritional status in Pakistan 1994
- Why should it matter what commodity is the source of agricultural profits? Dairy development in India 1994
- Poverty, household food security, and nutrition in rural Pakistan 1993
- SOURCES OF INCOME INEQUALITY IN RURAL PAKISTAN - A DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 54:591-608. 1992
- Sources of income inequality in rural Pakistan: a decomposition analysis 1992
- FOOD SUBSIDIES AND EXCHANGE-RATE DISTORTIONS IN MOZAMBIQUE. Food Policy. 16:395-404. 1991
- Patterns and determinants in children in Pakistan: impact of community health. 1991
- Pobreza y desnutrición: ¿Cuan estrecha es la relación?. Latin American Journal of Economics: formerly Cuadernos de Economía. 27:151-166. 1990
- The effects of human capital on wages, and the determinants of labor supply in a developing country. Journal of Development Economics. 29:157-183. 1988
- The twilight of flour rationing in Pakistan. Food Policy. 13:245-256. 1988
- Allocation of goods through non-price mechanisms: Evidence on distribution by willingness to wait. Journal of Development Economics. 25:105-124. 1987
- Comparative analyses of nutritional effectiveness of food subsidies and other food-related interventions 1987
- Cooperative dairy development in Karnataka, India, an assessment 1987
- The Effect of the Value of Time on Food Consumption Patterns in Developing Countries: Evidence from Sri Lanka. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 68:920-927. 1986
- Egypt's Food Subsidy Policy: Lessons and Options. Food Policy. 11:223-237. 1986
- The effect of food price and income changes on the acquisition of food by low-income households 1986
- Attributing technological bias to public goods. Journal of Development Economics. 14:375-393. 1984
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chapter
- Improving resilience to nutritional shocks 2014
- Long term consequences of early childhood malnutrition 2014
- Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes, How can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition? 2014
- Economic drivers and consequences of stunting 2013
- Health and nutrition and economic development 2008
- Health and nutrition and economic development 2006
- Nutrition, malnutrition, and economic growth 2005
- Hunger and malnutrition 2004
- Food subsidies and the poor 1991
- The effectiveness of consumer-oriented food subsidies in reaching rationing and income transfer goals 1988
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document
- Social protection in West Africa, The status quo, lessons from other regions, implications for research 2012
- Improving child nutrition for sustainable poverty reduction in Africa 2004
- Eradicating malnutrition -- income growth or nutrition programs?, essay from IFPRI's 1999-2000 Annual Report 2000
- Intrahousehold resource allocation in developing countries, models, methods, and policies 1997
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editorial article
- Aggregation, Flexible Forms, and Estimation of Food Consumption Parameters: Comment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 79:267-268. 1997
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report
- Leveraging social protection programs for improved nutrition, Summary of evidence prepared for the global forum on nutrition-sensitive social protection programs, 2015 2016
- Enhancing resilience to nutritional shocks 2014
- Empowering women to achieve food security: Education 2001
- Egypt, Implications of alternative food subsidy policies in the 1980s 1985
- The effects of the Egyptian food ration and subsidy system on income distribution and consumption 1984
- Egypt's food subsidy and rationing system, A description 1982
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review
- Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 81-93. 2019
- The Nexus Between Nutrition and Early Childhood Development. ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUTRITION, VOL 37. 447-476. 2017
- Review of Food security and sociopolitical stability by Christopher B. Barrett 2014
- Economic and Nutritional Analyses Offer Substantial Synergies for Understanding Human Nutrition. Journal of Nutrition. 537-544. 2007
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working paper