Public Policy and Anthropometric Outcomes in the Cote d'Ivoire

Duncan Thomas, Victor Lavy and John Strauss

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Abstract: Household survey data from the Cote d'Ivoire are used to examine the impact of public policies on child height, child weight for height and adult body mass index. Economic adjuntment programs in the 1980s were accompanied by reduced availability and quality of health care services and increases in relative food prices. The health of Ivorians was probably adversely affected by these changes.

Keywords: HEALTH; IVORY COAST; WELFARE ECONOMICS; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I12 I30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 1996
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Journal Article: Public policy and anthropometric outcomes in the Cote d'Ivoire (1996)
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