Can village savings and loan groups be a potential tool in the malnutrition fight? Mixed method findings from Mozambique

Aurélie Brunie, Laura Fumagalli (), Thomas Martin, Samuel Field and Diana Rutherford

Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 47, issue P2, 113-120

Abstract: Child malnutrition is a pervasive problem in sub-Saharan Africa that affects individual and national development. This article examines the impact of participation in village savings and loan (VSL) groups, alone and in combination with a rotating labor scheme called Ajuda Mútua (AM), on household and child nutritional outcomes in Nampula Province in Mozambique. It combines findings from an impact evaluation and a qualitative exploration of the dynamics underlying nutritional outcomes.

Keywords: Child nutrition; Food access; Food security; Household economic strengthening; Village savings and loan groups; Vulnerable children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.010

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