Harold Alderman

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed evidence of nutritional effects of programs in four sectors (agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling) and found that the nutritional effect of agricultural programs is inconclusive.

TL;DR: Evidence of nutritional effects of programmes in four sectors--agriculture, social safety nets, early child development, and schooling, is reviewed, finding that nutrition-sensitive programmes can help scale up nutrition-specific interventions and create a stimulating environment in which young children can grow and develop to their full potential.

TL;DR: The authors examined the impact of pre-school malnutrition on subsequent human capital formation in rural Zimbabwe using a maternal fixed effects - instrumental variables (MFE-IV) estimator with a long term panel data set.

TL;DR: The evidence reviewed suggests that early child development can be improved through parenting support and preschool enrolment, with effects greater for programmes of higher quality and for the most vulnerable children.

TL;DR: In this article, plot-level agronomic data from Burkina Faso provides striking evidence of substantial inefficiencies in the allocation of factors of production across the plots controlled by different members of the household.