Vulnerability to Malnutrition in the West African Sahel

This study estimates marginal increase in malnutrition for children ages 1-3 years from exposure to an extreme shock in the West African Sahel. The study uses knowledge of a child's birth and high resolution spatial and temporal distribution of shocks, calculated from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and satellite-based measures of rainfall and temperature to link a child to the shock experienced in-utero. The study finds that while around 20 percent of the children in the sample are stunted or underweight, more than 30 percent of the children in the sample are highly vulnerable to either form of malnutrition.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Alfani, Federica, Dabalen, Andrew, Fisker, Peter, Molini, Vasco
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AVERAGE RAINFALL, BABIES, CALCULATION, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD NUTRITION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLOUD COVER, CONFLICT, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DOMESTIC PRICES, DROUGHT, DRY SEASON, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EGS, ELECTRICITY, EPIDEMIC, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, FAMINE, FLOODS, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL PRECIPITATION, GLUCOSE, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH RISKS, HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLNESS, IMPACT OF RAINFALL, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, INCOME, INCOME SHOCK, INSURANCE, IRRIGATION, LAND SURFACE, LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY, LIVESTOCK ASSETS, LIVESTOCK LOSSES, MALNUTRITION, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MORTALITY, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRIENTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, PANDEMIC, PLANT GROWTH, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR POPULATIONS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PROGRESS, RADIATION, RADIO, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL DATA, RAINFALL LEVELS, RAINY SEASON, REGIONAL AVERAGE, REGIONAL STUDIES, RICE PRODUCTION, RISK SHARING, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CREDIT, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL SETTINGS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SON PREFERENCE, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SPATIAL PATTERNS, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES, TEMPERATURE DATA, TEMPERATURES, TEMPORAL RESOLUTION, TOLERANCE, TV, URBAN AREAS, VAM, VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY, WINTER MONTHS, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23847660/vulnerability-malnutrition-west-african-sahel https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21388
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