Alfani, FedericaDabalen, AndrewFisker, PeterMolini, Vasco2015-02-032015-02-032015-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21388This study estimates marginal increase in malnutrition for children ages 1-3 years from exposure to an extreme shock in the West African Sahel. The study uses knowledge of a child's birth and high resolution spatial and temporal distribution of shocks, calculated from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and satellite-based measures of rainfall and temperature to link a child to the shock experienced in-utero. The study finds that while around 20 percent of the children in the sample are stunted or underweight, more than 30 percent of the children in the sample are highly vulnerable to either form of malnutrition.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FOODAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAVERAGE RAINFALLBABIESCALCULATIONCHILD HEALTHCHILD NUTRITIONCLIMATECLIMATE INDICATORSCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLOUD COVERCONFLICTDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIETARY DIVERSITYDOMESTIC PRICESDROUGHTDRY SEASONEARLY CHILDHOODEGSELECTRICITYEPIDEMICEXTREME TEMPERATURESFAMINEFLOODSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYGLOBAL PRECIPITATIONGLUCOSEHEALTH POLICYHEALTH RISKSHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALILLNESSIMPACT OF RAINFALLIMPACT OF SHOCKSINCOMEINCOME SHOCKINSURANCEIRRIGATIONLAND SURFACELEVELS OF VULNERABILITYLIVESTOCK ASSETSLIVESTOCK LOSSESMALNUTRITIONMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMORTALITYNATIONAL LEVELNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRIENTSNUTRITIONNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIESNUTRITIONAL NEEDSPANDEMICPLANT GROWTHPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR POPULATIONSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGYPROGRESSRADIATIONRADIORAINRAINFALLRAINFALL DATARAINFALL LEVELSRAINY SEASONREGIONAL AVERAGEREGIONAL STUDIESRICE PRODUCTIONRISK SHARINGRURALRURAL AREASRURAL CREDITRURAL POPULATIONRURAL SETTINGSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSON PREFERENCESPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONSPATIAL PATTERNSSURFACE TEMPERATURETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE ANOMALIESTEMPERATURE DATATEMPERATURESTEMPORAL RESOLUTIONTOLERANCETVURBAN AREASVAMVARIABILITY IN RAINFALLVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYWINTER MONTHSYOUNG CHILDREN10.1596/1813-9450-7171