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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
economics, econometrics and finance
Does geographic targeting of nutrition interventions make sense in cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
World Development, Volume 27, No. 11, Year 1999
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Although most developing country cities are characterized by pockets of substandard housing and inadequate service provision, it is not known to what degree low incomes and malnutrition are confined to specific neighborhoods. This analysis uses representative household surveys of Abidjan and Accra to quantify small-area clustering in service provision, demographic characteristics, consumption, and nutrition. Both cities showed significant clustering in housing conditions but not in nutrition, while income was clustered in Abidjan but less so in Accra. This suggests that neighborhood targeting of poverty-alleviation or nutrition interventions in these and similar cities could lead to undercoverage of the truly needy. © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Morris, Saúl Sutkover
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
Levin, Carol E.
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
Armar-Klemesu, Margaret A.
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Food Policy Research Institute
Maxwell, Daniel G.
Ghana, Accra
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Ruel, Marie T.
Kenya, Nairobi
Care International
Statistics
Citations: 141
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00098-4
ISSN:
0305750X
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study