Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Raju, Dhushyanth ; Kim, Kyoung Yang ; Nguyen, Quynh T. ; Govindaraj, Ramesh

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: MALNUTRITION;    STUNTING;    EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT;    URBAN SLUMS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8094
RP-ID  :  WPS8094

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This study uses novel household surveydata that are representative of Bangladesh's largecities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, toinvestigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomicfactors on early child growth in 2013. The study alsodecomposes the difference in mean child growth between slumand nonslum areas in 2013, and the increase in mean childgrowth in slum and nonslum areas from 2006 to 2013.Mother's education attainment and household wealthlargely explain the cross-sectional difference andintertemporal change in child growth. Although positive insome cases, the effects of maternal and child healthservices, and potential health-protective householdamenities, differ by the type of health facility, householdamenity, and urban area. The results suggest that a focus onnutrition-sensitive programs for slum residents and theurban poor is appropriate.