Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Malnutrition of Infants in Rajasthan, India: A Mixed Methods Study

Premila Webster, Bianca De Stavola, Ron Gray, Eric O. Ohuma, Proochista Ariana, Manisha Nair () and Harini Amarasuriya ()

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Abstract: The paper tries to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition. Hypothesis: MGNREGA could reduce infant malnutrition through positive effects on household food security and infant feeding.

Keywords: MGNREGA; malnutrition; hunger; infants; Rajasthan; India; household food security; nutrition; stunting; wasting; child malnutrition; health and nutrition policies; programmes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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