Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193764 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
TVSEP Working Paper No. WP-012
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP), Hannover
Abstract: 
Success in reducing monetary poverty in Southeast Asia has not fully translated into reduction in malnutrition. Using a two-year panel data from one province each in Thailand, Lao PDR and Vietnam, we study the correlation between monetary poverty and nutritional outcomes of children under five. Furthermore, we compare nutritional outcomes of children below five between rural and peri-urban areas. We apply ordinary least squares and district fixed-effects regressions and find that child nutrition remains a problem in rural areas across Southeast Asia despite achievements in poverty alleviation. Results reveal that although the households in the poorest quintile in both rural and peri-urban areas spend less on food; only the rural children are more likely to be stunted or underweight. It underscores the importance of investment in medical facilities near rural vicinities.
Subjects: 
Poverty
Child malnutrition
Peri-urban
Rural
Fixed-effects
Southeast Asia
JEL: 
O1
O18
I3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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