Harold Alderman

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1.

Educational and Health Impacts of Two School Feeding Schemes: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4976
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harounan Kazianga, Damien de Walque and Harold Alderman
Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Youth and Governance, Primary Education, Education For All, Street Children, Tertiary Education

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Child Nutrition, Child Health, and School Enrollment: A Longitudinal Analysis

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Victor Lavy and Rekha Menon
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao Pdr

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5518
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Alison M. Buttenheim, Harold Alderman and Jed Friedman
University of Pennsylvania, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Education For All, Youth and Governance, Nutrition, Primary Education, Food & Beverage Industry

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Conducting Ethical Economic Research: Complications from the Field

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6446
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman, Jishnu Das and Vijayendra Rao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Georgetown University and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Information Security & Privacy, Population Policies, Tertiary Education, Scientific Research & Science Parks

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The Impact of Food for Education Programs on School Participation In Northern Uganda

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jan 2013
Harold Alderman, Daniel O. Gilligan and Kim Lehrer
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and University of Oxford - Department of Economics
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Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition: Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Harold Alderman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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nutrition, social protection, transfer programs, school feeding

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The 'Glass of Milk' Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
David C. Stifel and Harold Alderman
Lafayette College and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Health & Population, Governance, Poverty

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Reducing Child Malnutrition in Tanzania - Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Apr 2005
Harold Alderman, J. G. M. (Hans) Hoogeveen and Maria Christina Rossi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), World Bank - Research Department and University of Torino
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nutrition, program evaluation, income growth, Tanzania, MDG

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Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition Sensitive?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Apr 2014
Harold Alderman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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food security, social policies, Nutrition, resilience, cash transfers, social protection, social safety nets

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Is Agricultural Insurance Fulfilling its Promise for the Developing World?

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2057
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Berber Kramer, Peter Hazell, Harold Alderman, Francisco Ceballos, Neha Kumar and Anne G. Timu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR - Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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agricultural insurance, technology, innovation, social safety nets, disasters, literature reviews, technological innovations, disaster assistance

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Attrition in Longitudinal Household Survey Data: Some Tests for Three Developing-Country Samples

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler, John A. Maluccio and Susan Cotts Watkins
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Sociology, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Takashi Yamano, Harold Alderman and Luc Christiaensen
World Bank - Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank
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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 87, No. 2, pp. 273-288, May 2005
Posted: 15 Dec 2005
Takashi Yamano, Harold Alderman and Luc Christiaensen
World Bank - Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank

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A Framework for Physical Growth and Child Development

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01435
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman and Paul Glewwe
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Department of Applied Economics
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nutrition, human capital, child development

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The Nutritional Returns to Parental Education

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01379
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Jan 2015
Harold Alderman and Derek D. Headey
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Children, Education, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Undernutrition, Stunting, Parental Education, Parents

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With the Help of One's Neighbors: Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman, Jesko Hentschel and Ricardo Sabatés
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Faculty of Education
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The Impact at Scale of the Ghana School Feeding Programme on Primary School-Age Children's Anthropometry: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
Aulo Gelli, Elisabetta Aurino, Gloria Folson, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Clement Adamba, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Edoardo Massett, Kristie Watkins, Meena Fernandes, Lesley Drake and Harold Alderman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Imperial College London, University of Ghana, University of Ghana - Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies, Imperial College London, Imperial College London, Imperial College London and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Nutrition, School-Age, School Feeding, Impact Evaluation, Ghana

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The Effect of Height on Earnings: Is Stature Just a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8254
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2017
Laurent Bossavie, Harold Alderman, John Giles and Cem Mete
The World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), World Bank and World Bank - Human Development Sector
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Gender and Economic Policy, Gender and Economics, Gender and Poverty, Nutrition, Economics and Gender

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How Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6437
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman and Ruslan Yemtsov
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank - Social Proteciton and Jobs Global Practice
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Safety Nets and Transfers, Labor Policies, Rural Poverty Reduction, Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets

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Almost Random: Evaluating a Large-Scale Randomized Nutrition Program in the Presence of Crossover

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4784
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sebastian Linnemayr and Harold Alderman
Harvard University and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Disease Control & Prevention, Housing & Human Habitats, Access to Finance, Early Child and Children's Health

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The Contribution of Increased Equity to the Estimated Social Benefits from a Transfer Program: An Illustration from PROGRESA

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1475
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Nov 2015
Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman and Afia Tasneem
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and World Bank
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poverty; welfare; economic development; social protection; conditional cash transfer

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The Economic Rationale for Investing in Stunting Reduction

Maternal and Child Nutrition, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Sep 2013
John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Lawrence Haddad and Susan Horton
Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Independent and University of Waterloo
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undernutrition, stunting, benefit, cost ratios, economic productivity

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Progress in Reducing Child Mortality and Undernutrition in India: An Application of the Lives Saved Tool

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Harold Alderman, Phuong Hong Nguyen and Purnima Menon
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division
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India; Lives Saved Tool; Child Mortality; Stunting; Undernutrition

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Tall Claims: Mortality Selection and the Height of Children

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5846
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harold Alderman, Michael Lokshin and Sergiy Radyakin
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Population Policies, Youth and Governance, Adolescent Health, Early Child and Children's Health

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Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Improving Human Development Outcomes?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8074
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Cem Mete, Laurent Bossavie, John Giles and Harold Alderman
World Bank - Human Development Sector, European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO), World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Anthropology, Gender and Social Development, Nutrition

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Food for Thought?: Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impacts of a Large-Scale School Feeding Program in Ghana

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1782
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jan 2019
Elisabetta Aurino, Aulo Gelli, Clement Adamba, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Harold Alderman
Imperial College London, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Ghana, University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Ghana, West Africa, Africa South of Sahara, Africa, Child Feeding, School Meals, Learning, Cognition, Field Experimentation, Primary Education, Randomized Controlled Trials

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The Contribution of Increased Equity to the Estimated Social Benefits from a Transfer Program: An Illustration from Progresa/Oportunidades

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8026
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Apr 2017
Harold Alderman and Jere Behrman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Inequality, Educational Sciences

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Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs within Food Systems

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2044
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Deanna Olney, Aulo Gelli, Neha Kumar, Harold Alderman, Ara Go, Ahmed Raza, Jessica Owens, Alejandro Grinspun, Garima Bhalla and Omar Benammour
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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social protection, social assistance, social safety nets, nutrition, food systems, food supply chains, cash transfers, food environment, school feeding, social safety nets, in-kind transfers, social assistance

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Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Child Development Outcomes?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12665
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Oct 2019
Cem Mete, Laurent Bossavie, John Giles and Harold Alderman
World Bank, European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO), World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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consanguineous marriages, cognitive tests, malnutrition, household decision making, child development

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Adding a Nutrition Behavior Change Communication Component to an Early Childhood Development Intervention in Malawi: A Cluster Randomized Trial

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1804 (2019)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Apr 2019
Aulo Gelli, Melissa Gladstone, Aisha Twalibu, Theresa Nnensa, Patricia Karol Kariger and Harold Alderman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Liverpool - Department of Women and Children’s Health, Save the Children Malawi - Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Project (NEEP), Royal College of Medicine, University of California, Berkeley - School of Public Health and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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child development, impact assessment, preschool education, preschool children, behaviour changes, child care, diet, nutrition

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Effects of an Integrated Poultry Value Chain, Nutrition, Gender and Wash Intervention (SELEVER) on Hygiene and Child Morbidity and Anthropometry in Burkina Faso: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jul 2022
Aulo Gelli, Anissa Collishaw, Josue Awonon, Elodie Becquey, Ampa Diatta, Loty Diop, Rasmané Ganaba, Derek Headey, Alain Hien, Francis Ngure, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Marco Santacroce, Laeticia C. Toe, Hans Verhoef, Harold Alderman and Marie Ruel
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), AfricSanté, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, AfricSanté, Cornell University, AfricSanté, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Ghent University - Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Wageningen University - Division of Human Nutrition, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division
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Agriculture and nutrition, child malnutrition, impact evaluation, poultry

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School Meals as a Market for Smallholder Agriculture: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2045
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Oct 2021
Aulo Gelli, Edoardo Masset, Clement Adamba, Harold Alderman, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Elisabetta Aurino, Gloria Folson, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Felix Asante
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Centre of Excellence in Development Impact and Learning, University of Ghana, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Ghana - Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Imperial College London, University of Ghana, University of Ghana - Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
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GHANA, WEST AFRICA, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, AFRICA, school feeding, markets, smallholders, agriculture, impact assessment, home-grown school feeding

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How Much are Multisectoral Programs Worth? A New Method with an Application to School Meals

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2060
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Feb 2022
Harold Alderman, Elisabetta Aurino, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Aulo Gelli, Festus Turkson and Brad Wong
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Imperial College London, University of Ghana, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Ghana and University of Copenhagen - Copenhagen University
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GHANA, WEST AFRICA, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, AFRICA, school feeding, education, redistribution, fiscal policies, social protection, cash transfers, nutrition, child nutrition, school meals, program evaluation, Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP)

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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3128
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Takashi Yamano, Harold Alderman and Luc Christiaensen
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank
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Food & Nutrition Policy, Gender and Development, Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness, Food & Beverage Industry, School Health, School Health, Food & Beverage Industry, Food & Nutrition Policy, Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness, Poverty Lines

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Promoting School Readiness through a Preschool Feeding Program: A Nutritional Nudge to Improve At-Risk Preschooler’s Cognitive Development in Armenia

IFPRI Discussion Paper 2046
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Heather A. Knauer, Sona Balasanyan, Elmira Bakhshinyan and Harold Alderman
University of Michigan School of Social Work, Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC)-Armenia, Independent Consultant and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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ARMENIA, ASIA, school feeding, school meals, children, cognitive development, preschool children, nutrition, WPPSI

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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 87, Issue 2, pp. 273-288, 2005
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Apr 2020
Harold Alderman and Luc Christiaensen
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank
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child growth, child malnutrition, Ethiopia, food aid, shocks

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Public and Private Returns to Investing in Nutrition

In Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology, edited by John Komlos, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015
Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2015
Harold Alderman and David E. Sahn
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University

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The "Glass of Milk" Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 421-448, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
David C. Stifel and Harold Alderman
Lafayette College and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Reducing the Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Low-Income Countries Has Substantial Economic Benefits

The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 25-48, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Harold Alderman and E.R. Behrman
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 450-474, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Harold Alderman, John Hoddinott and Bill H. Kinsey
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics

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On the Determinants of Nutrition in Mozambique: The Importance of Age-Specific Effects

World Development, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 577-588, April 1997
Posted: 01 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
Harold Alderman and David E. Sahn
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University

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nutrition, health, income, Africa

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A Comparison of Ghanaian Civil Servants' Earnings Before and after Retrenchment

Posted: 12 Nov 2003
Stephen D. Younger, Sudharshan Canagarajah, Sudharshan Canagarajah and Harold Alderman
Tulane University - CEQ Institute, Europe and Central Asia RegionWorld Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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retrenchment, civil service, Ghana

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The Effect of Food Subsidies on Labor Supply in Sri Lanka

Posted: 08 Nov 2003
David E. Sahn and Harold Alderman
Cornell University and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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labor supply, subsidies, Sri Lanka