Comparing peri-urban versus rural poverty and child malnutrition reduction: Insights from Southeast Asia

Thi Hoa Pahlisch, Priyanka Parvathi and Hermann Waibel

TVSEP Working Papers from Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Project TVSEP

Abstract: Success in reducing monetary poverty in Southeast Asia does not fully translate into reduction in malnutrition. Using a three-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 analyze differences between nutrition outcomes of children between rural and peri-urban areas. We apply ordinary least squares, two stage least squares and quantile regression models and find that nutrition remains a problem despite achievements in poverty alleviation. Results also show significant differences across countries as well as between peri-urban and rural areas.

Keywords: Poverty; Child malnutrition; Peri-urban; Rural; Southeast Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I30 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2017-12
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